Definitions for: Dastard

[n] a malicious coward

Webster (1913) Definition: Das"tard, n. [Prob. from Icel. d[ae]str exhausted.
breathless, p. p. of d[ae]sa to groan, lose one's breath; cf.
dasask to become exhausted, and E. daze.]
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.

Das"tard, a.
Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. ``Their
dastard souls.'' --Addison.

Das"tard, v. t.
To dastardize. [R.] --Dryden.

See Also: coward

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