Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
coward .
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Etymology Dictionary: the word "coward" comes from an Old French word coart (modern French couard), a combination of the word for "tail" and an agent noun suffix.
France following form Norfolk Blogger 2009
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You mean you lived as milky at their lyceum, couard, while you learned, volp volp, to howl yourself wolfwise.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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"Chien couard," crie Lord Berkeley, "crois-tu donc me tromper?
Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886
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