noun
- cowardly and treacherous people; those who act dishonorably to avoid danger
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The captain called the deserters dastards for abandoning their posts.
- In the old tale, the dastards fled when the dragon appeared.
- She had no patience for dastards who would not defend the innocent.
- The novel portrayed the villains as complete dastards.
- History remembers those dastards who betrayed their own people.
- The knight scorned the dastards who hid while others fought.