caitiff
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caitiff
n. coward; cowardly person; nasty person, mean person
 
adj. cowardly; mean in a nasty manner; despicable, contemptible, nasty

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Caitiff
Caitiff (literally a despicable coward or wretch) may mean:
  • a galley-slave in a Barbary bagnio
  • a Camarilla clanless character in Caitiff (World of Darkness) 
  • A bandit in the Kingdom of Wu, pacified by generals such as Zhou Tai
  • The Caitiff Choir, an album released by the band It Dies Today
  • Lancelot Slays the Caitiff Knight Sir Tarquin, a painting by Frank Cadogan Cowper

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caitiff

Noun
1. a cowardly and despicable person
(hypernym) cur
(classification) archaism, archaicism

Adjective
1. despicably mean and cowardly
(similar) cowardly, fearful


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Caitiff
(n.)
A wretched or unfortunate man.
  
 
(n.)
A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet.
  
 
(n.)
A captive; a prisoner.
  
 
(a.)
Captive; wretched; unfortunate.
  
 
(a.)
Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.
  

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caitiff
A despicable or cowardly person


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