dastard
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of dastard
1400–50; late Middle English < ?.
Example Sentences
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Claire’s father, based on the real-life dastard Lord Lucan, loved her mother, until he grew tired of her.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2018
Last week he defended himself before a full house, flayed Elliott for a damnable dastard.
From Time Magazine Archive
Popular Poet Martin Farquhar Tupper heard the shocking news and immediately produced a suitable poem: 0 dastard!
From Time Magazine Archive
Due to his efforts the Roman Catholic Church was disestablished in France, and ever since Combes has been a hero to the parties of the Left and to the Clericals a dastard.
From Time Magazine Archive
The world knows how that dastard poltroon was tried and punished for his treason, as well as of his miserable subsequent life and unregretted death in a foreign land.
From The Story of Malta by Maturin Murray Ballou
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