poltronとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

poltron (複数形 poltrons)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of poltroon
   • 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 35,^[1]

     Be not a Hercules furens abroad, and a poltron within thyself.

   • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, London: Shepperson & Reynolds, Volume 4, Letter 71, p. 127,^[2]

     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!

   • 1823, Edward Dillingham Bangs, An oration pronounced at Springfield, Mass., on the Fourth of July, 1823‎^[3]:

     We were regarded as a nation of poltrons, without the spirit to resent insult, or the power to resist aggression.