1. (n.) A coward; a faithless person; one who yields in combat\, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch.

2. (a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.

3. (a.) Apostate; false; unfaithful.

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