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noun an abject coward
adjective lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; ; ; - Spenser
originFrom Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0