| recreant | (adj) ทรยศ, See also: หักหลัง, Syn. disloyal, renegade | | recreant | (adj) ขี้ขลาด, See also: ตาขาว, Syn. cowardly, distardly | | recreant | (adj) คนทรยศ, Syn. renegade, tergiversator | | recreant | (n) คนขี้ขลาด, See also: คนขี้กลัว, Syn. coward, refresh |
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| | recreant | (เรค'ริเอินทฺ) adj. ขี้ขลาด, ตาขาว, ทรยศ, หักหลัง, ไม่ซื่อสัตย์, เนรคุณ n. คนขี้ขลาด, คนทรยศ, คนหักหลัง, See also: recreance n. recreancy n. |
| | recreant | (adj) เนรคุณ, ขี้ขลาด, ทรยศ, หักหลัง | | recreant | (n) คนทรยศ, คนเนรคุณ, คนขลาด |
| | | recreant | (adj) having deserted a cause or principle, Syn. renegade, Example: some provinces had proved recreant; renegade supporters of the usurper |
| | Recreant | a. [ OF., cowardly, fr. recroire, recreire, to forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as conquered, LL. recredere se to declare one's self conquered in combat; hence, those are called recrediti or recreanti who are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again, back + credere to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to disavow one's opinion. See Creed. ] 1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. “This recreant knight.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Apostate; false; unfaithful. [ 1913 Webster ] Who, for so many benefits received,
Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Recreant | n. One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ] You are all recreants and dastards! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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