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What (who) is dastard - definition


dastard         
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I. n.
Coward, poltroon, craven, recreant, milksop.
II. a.
Cowardly, pusillanimous, craven, recreant, coward, cowering, base, dastardly.
dastard         
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
['dast?d, 'd?:-]
¦ noun dated or humorous a dishonourable or despicable person.
Origin
ME: prob. from dazed, influenced by dotard and bastard.
Dastard         
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
·vt To Dastardize.
II. Dastard ·adj Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly.
III. Dastard ·noun One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.
Examples of use of dastard
1. The LRA/M therefore calls on the Southern Sudanese authorities to investigate this dastard act and find those responsible.