Pol*troon" , a. Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
Pol*troon" (?), n. [F. poltron, from It. poltrone an idle fellow, sluggard, coward,
poltro idle, lazy, also, bed, fr. OHG. polstar,
bolstar, cushion, G.
polster, akin to E. bolster. See Bolster.]
An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch. Shak.
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