Etymology

poltroon

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Today it means: An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch. Full definition →

Middle French poltron ← Italian poltrone
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  1. Italian · derived frompoltrone
  2. Middle French · derived frompoltron
  3. English todaypoltroon

From Middle French poltron, from Italian poltrone.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.