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
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
In mid-honeymoon in New Orleans, America learns the truth about him: Fant is a gambler and a dastard.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was Sydney's pride in particular, and in Sydney's War Museum it stayed until last April when Museum attendants, opening up for the day, discovered that some good-for-nothing dastard had stolen it.
From Time Magazine Archive
You do right; it is as if I were, for I renounce you, dastard!
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Eugène Sue
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