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Adjective: craven  krey-vun
  1. Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
    "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"
    - recreant [archaic]
Noun: craven  krey-vun
  1. An abject coward
    - poltroon, recreant [archaic]

Derived forms: cravens

See also: cowardly, cravenness, fearful

Type of: coward

Encyclopedia: Craven