COWARD

[`kaʊəd]

трус, трусливый человек

трусливый

робкий; малодушный

Coward: übersetzung

Coward: translation

1) Someone without courage. On the battlefield, the thegn was expected to fight and, if necessary, die with his lord - one reason for the loss of so many of the AS nobility, or "comitatus, at Hastings, in 1066. Cowardice was the lowest of qualities in the chivalric world where physical courage counted as much as physical prowess. A coward was a soldier who turned tail and ran. In old hunting terms a hare was referred to as la coward ou la court cowe, i.e. the coward or the short-tail. Coart was the name of the timid rabbit in Roman de Renart. [OldFr. coe = tail < Lat. cauda = tail] -

Cf. Crakow

2) Her. Describes a lion with its tail between its legs.

Cf. Cowar

coward: translation

▪ brand sb, call sb, label sb

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He was branded a coward in some newspapers.

• Better a live coward than a dead hero - Живая собака лучше мертвого льва (Ж)

• Coward dies many times (The) - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)

• Coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one (The) - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)

• Coward often dies, the brave but once (The) - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)

• Cowards die many times before their death - Трус и до смерти часто умирает (T)

• Greatest braggarts are generally the greatest cowards (The) - Всякий трус о храбрости беседует (B)

• Live coward is better than a dead hero (A) - Живая собака лучше мертвого льва (Ж)

трусливый, малодушный

coward: translation

Milquetoast, Scaramouch, baby, big baby, caitiff, chicken, chicken liver, craven, dastard, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, lily-livered, milksop, mouse, poltroon, poltroonish, pusillanimous, quitter, recreant, scaredy-cat, sissy, spunkless, unmanly, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver

coward [ˊkaυəd]

1. n трус

2. a

1) трусли́вый

2) ро́бкий; малоду́шный