Dastard
Pronunciation : Das"tard
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Prob. from Icel. d?str exhausted. breathless, p. p. of d?sa to groan, lose one's breath; cf. dasask to become exhausted, and E. daze.]
Definition : Defn: One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon. You are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Das"tard
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. "Their dastard souls." Addison.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Das"tard
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To dastardize. [R.] Dryden.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913