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poltron

poltron is the alternative form of poltroon.

Meaning of poltroon

Noun

poltroon (plural poltroons)

  1. An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.
    • Patience is for poltroons, such as he:
      He durst not sit there, had your father lived.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    Synonyms:
    craven, dastard

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Forms of poltron

pluralpoltrons

Questions about poltron

What is poltron the alternative form of?
Poltron is the alternative form of poltroon.

Words near poltron in the dictionary

  1. poltophagic
  2. poltophagist
  3. poltophagists
  4. poltophagy
  5. Poltorak
  6. poltron
  7. poltrons
  8. poltroon
  9. poltrooneries
  10. poltroonery
  11. poltroonish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poltron (page history and authors); poltroon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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