Noun: coward kaw(-u)rd
- A person who shows fear or timidity
"has an undeserved reputation as a coward";
- chicken [informal]
- English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)
- Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward
Derived forms: cowards
Type of: actor, composer, doer, dramatist, histrion [archaic], player, playwright, role player, thesp [Brit, informal], thespian, worker
Encyclopedia: Coward, Sir Noel Pierce