Definition of dastard Dastard
das•tard
We found 10 definitions of dastard from 5 different sources.
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What does dastard mean?
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NounPlural: dastards |
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| dastard - a despicable coward | ||
| coward a person who shows fear or timidity | ||
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| dastard - despicably cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt | ||
| dastardly | ||
| cowardly, fearful lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley | ||
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Wiktionary 
- dastard (Noun)
A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak. - dastard (Verb)
To dastardize. - dastard (Adjective)
meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dastard (n.)
One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon. - dastard (a.)
Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. - dastard (v. t.)
To dastardize.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dastard
das′tard, n. a cowardly fellow.—adj. shrinking from danger: cowardly.—adj. and adv. Das′tardly.—ns. Das′tardness, Das′tardliness, Das′tardy. [From a Scand. stem dast = Eng. dazed, and Fr. suffix -ard. See Daze.]
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🔤- dastard, noun, singular of dastards.
- dastard, adjective.
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