Definition of Poltroon

one who acts in a cowardly manner

Examples of Poltroon in a sentence

The poltroon was the coward who sent an anonymous hate letter to the president.  

Because the soldier was a poltroon, he abandoned his comrades in battle.  

The bully fled like a poltroon when his victims united and threatened him.  

When the barking dog saw me coming, he acted like a poltroon and ran under his front porch.  

The man is an online poltroon who hides behind the anonymity of the Internet when harassing other people.  

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