DAS'TARD, noun A coward; a poltroon; one who meanly shrinks from danger. DAS'TARD, adjective Cowardly; meanly shrinking from danger. Curse on their dastard souls. Addison. DAS'TARD, verb transitive To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit.
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