Meaning
1 senses(archaic)A coward.
Feigling, feiger Hund
an abject coward
Examples
2 sentencesI never knew Tom was such a craven bootlicker.
The president is too craven to tackle this problem.
Translations
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By meaning 1
coward:
Origin
From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past pFrom Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).
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