What does poltron mean?

poltron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete

"Be not a Hercules furens abroad, and a poltron within thyself."
"She shall find I am not the clay, but the potter. I will mould, not be moulded. Poltron as I was, to think of sinking into the docile, domesticated, timid animal called husband!"
"We were regarded as a nation of poltrons, without the spirit to resent insult, or the power to resist aggression."

poltrons (plural)

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