craven
91Craven County — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Craven County Country and Admin Code US.NC.049 US …
92Craven — Lit. overcome . The cry of the defeated man, concluding a duel. From this we have our use of the word as an adjective qualifying coward. [?< OldFr. cravanter = to overcome, overwhelm] Cf. Duellum; Ictus regis; Recreantia …
93craven — Synonyms and related words: base, caitiff, chicken, coward, dastard, dastardly, dunghill, dunghilly, funk, funker, gutless, lily livered, poltroon, poltroonish, pusillanimous, quitter, recreant, spunkless, unmanly …
94craven — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. & n. See cowardice. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous, yellow*; see cowardly 1 , 2 , timid 1 . See Synonym Study at cowardly . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …
95craven — cra|ven [ kreıvn ] adjective FORMAL not brave: COWARDLY …
96craven — cra·ven || kreɪvÉ™n n. fearful person, coward adj. fearful, cowardly …
97craven — 1) carven 2) cavern …
98craven — adjective contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly. noun archaic a cowardly person. Derivatives cravenly adverb cravenness noun Origin ME cravant defeated , perh. via Anglo Norman Fr. from OFr. cravanter crush, overwhelm , based on L. crepare… …
99craven — n. Dastard, coward, poltroon, recreant, milksop …
100Craven — The word applied to the losing champion in a trial by combat or judicial duel, since the loss of the duel proved him to be perjured. As an infamous person, he lost is right to law and could never again appear as a witness. On the continent… …
