recreant
recreant [ REK-ree-uh’ nt ] | |
[ adjective ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. (adj.) cowardly, gutless or craven 2. (adj.) unfaithful, treacherous or traitorous 3. (n.) one who is cowardly or gutless 4. (n.) a deserter, traitor, renegade or unfaithful person | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
Recreant acts can cause an army to lose the battle. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
One of the jobs of the prefects at my school was to summon the junior boys to be thrashed; and I remember being appalled to listen to the blubbing pleas of some recreant, as he was given 12 strokes. |
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