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Definitions for dastardˈdæs tərd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

das•tardˈdæs tərd(n.)

  1. a mean, sneaking coward.

Origin of dastard:

1400–50; late ME, akin to ME dasard term of contempt, perh. der. of dasendaze

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dastard(adj)

    a despicable coward

  2. dastard(a), dastardly(adj)

    despicably cowardly

    "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt

Wiktionary

  1. dastard(Noun)

    A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.

  2. dastard(Adjective)

    meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly

    3. Origin: ME, most likely from dæstr.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dastard(noun)

    one who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon

  2. Dastard(adj)

    meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly

  3. Dastard(verb)

    to dastardize

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