[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dastard \das"tard\, a.
   meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. "their
   dastard souls." --addison.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dastard \das"tard\, v. t.
   to dastardize. r. --dryden.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dastard \das"tard\ da^s"t~erd, n. prob. from icel.
   daestr exhausted. breathless, p. p. of daesa to groan,
   lose one's breath; cf. dasask to become exhausted, and e.
   daze.
   one who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a
   poltroon.
   1913 webster

         you are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to
         live in slavery to the nobility.         --shak.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dastard
     adj : treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack
           by japan on...december 7th"- f.d. roosevelt syn: dastarda,
            dastardly
     n : a malicious coward
see also:
dastarda dastardly 

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