poltron

Le mutin Anglois, et le bravache Escossois Le bougre Italien, et le fol Francois; Le poltron Romain, le larron de Gascogne,

Religio Medici 2007

Suppose I know that he is ni sot ni poltron as you pretend.

The Newcomes 2006

Coward: A poltron; a wretch whose predominant passion is fear.

Think Progress » Gingrich: House Leadership Would Have Been Accused Of ‘Gay Bashing’ If They Investigated Foley ‘Overly Aggressively’ 2006

July 10th, 1690, Seignelay says of him that he was "poltron de tête mais pas de coeur."

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey

"_Un poltron du tête et non de la cœur_" [2] the French

A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916

The Berlin journal, the _Post_, went so far as to call the Kaiser _ce poltron misérable_ for giving up South Morocco; and it was clear that a large section of the German people ardently desired war with the Western Powers.

The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898

Six heures dort l'escholier, sept y'e voyager, huict y'e vigneron, et neuf en demand le poltron.

Bacon is Shake-Speare Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence 1875

He is like to be mistaken, who makes choice of a covetous man for a friend, or relieth upon the reed of narrow and poltron friendship.

Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863

BE not a Hercules furens abroad, and a poltron within thyself.

Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863

With them the spirit of chivalry is no antiquated dream of romance, and a coward or poltron would be tolerated amongst them no longer than until the fact was discovered.

Eoneguski, or, the Cherokee Chief: A Tale of Past Wars. Vol. I. 1839