RECREANT
\ɹˈɛkɹiːənt], \ɹˈɛkɹiːənt], \ɹ_ˈɛ_k_ɹ_iː__ə_n_t]\
Definitions of RECREANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser
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an abject coward
By Princeton University
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lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser
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an abject coward
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Recreancy.
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Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
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Apostate; false; unfaithful.
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One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch.
By Oddity Software
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Recreancy.
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Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
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Apostate; false; unfaithful.
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One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch.
By Noah Webster.
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Recreancy.
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A faithless person; a deserter; a coward.
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Cowardly; craven; unfaithful to a cause; false.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
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