Meaning of Dastard | Babel Free

Definitions

A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.

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Examples

“I thought ye would never have⟳ given out these arms till you had recovered your ancient freedom: but you are all recreants and dastards, and delight to live⟳ in slavery to the nobility.”

“The dastard, that did heare him selfe defyde, / Seem'd not to weigh⟳ his threatfull words at all, / But laught them out, as if his greater pryde, / Did scorne the challenge⟳ of so base⟳ a thrall: Or had not courage, or else had no gall.”

“My client, an innately bashful man, would be the last⟳ man in the world to do anything ungentlemanly which injured modesty could object to or cast⟳ a stone at a girl who took the wrong turning when some dastard, responsible for her condition, had worked his own⟳ sweet will on her.”

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