☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Poltroon

A coward; a mean-spirited, worthless person. In medieval law, a person who displayed cowardice in trial by battle or military service could lose their fief and be stripped of knightly status.

Etymology: French 'poltron' (coward), from Italian 'poltrone' (lazy fellow, coward), from 'poltro' (colt, bed) · Category: English Legal History · Source: Oxford English Dictionary; medieval military law
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