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Definition of: poltroon
(pol·tr
n′) noun
1. A mean-spirited coward; dastard.
2. A lazy idler; sluggard.
—adjective Cowardly; contemptible. [<F poltron <Ital. poltrone cowardly, sluggish <poltro bed]
—pol·troon′er·y noun
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