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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAS'TARD, n. A coward; a poltroon; one who meanly shrinks from danger.
DAS'TARD, a. Cowardly; meanly shrinking from danger.
Curse on their dastard souls. Addison.
DAS'TARD, v.t. To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: despicably cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt [syn: dastard, dastardly] n
1: a despicable coward

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century 1. coward 2. a person who acts treacherously or underhandedly

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dastard Das"tard, n. [Prob. from Icel. d[ae]str exhausted. breathless, p. p. of d[ae]sa to groan, lose one's breath; cf. dasask to become exhausted, and E. daze.] One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon. You are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dastard Das"tard, a. Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. ``Their dastard souls.'' --Addison.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dastard Das"tard, v. t. To dastardize. [R.] --Dryden.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Coward, poltroon, craven, recreant, milksop. II. a. Cowardly, pusillanimous, craven, recreant, coward, cowering, base, dastardly.