Definitions for coward
ˈkaʊ ərdcow·ard

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. coward(noun)

   a person who shows fear or timidity

2. Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward(noun)

   English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)

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1. coward(Noun)

   A person who lacks courage.

   Etymology: From coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coe + -ard; is in turn from cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal “turning tail”, or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog.

2. coward(Adjective)

   Cowardly.

   Etymology: From coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coe + -ard; is in turn from cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal “turning tail”, or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog.

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1. Coward(adj)

   borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion

   Etymology: [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal.]

2. Coward(adj)

   destitute of courage; timid; cowardly

   Etymology: [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal.]

3. Coward(adj)

   belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity

   Etymology: [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal.]

4. Coward(noun)

   a person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon

   Etymology: [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal.]

5. Coward(verb)

   to make timorous; to frighten

   Etymology: [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal.]

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1. Coward

   Coward is a town in Florence County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 650 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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1. Coward

   kow′ard, n. a faint-hearted person: one without courage.—v.t. to intimidate.—adjs. Cow′ard, Cow′ardly, afraid of danger: timid: mean.—ns. Cow′ardice, want of courage: timidity.—Cow′ardree (Spens.); Cow′ardliness.—adv. Cow′ardly.—n. Cow′ardship (Shak.), the quality of being a coward. [O. Fr. couard (It. codardo)—L. cauda, a tail.]

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1. coward

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coward in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of coward in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of coward in a Sentence

1. Scott Morrison:

   It's not a joke, it's not funny, you're putting the livelihoods of hard-working Australians at risk and you're scaring children. You're a coward and you're a grub and if you do that sort of thing in this country we will come after you.

2. Julian Andrade:

   Give us a voice, i find that being a coward.

3. Carl Sagan:

   Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every ‘superstar,’ every ‘supreme leader,’ every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

4. Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Shortly before being shot.:

   Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.

5. Steny Hoyer:

   He's not a coward. I just apologized to him.

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