caitiff
Despicable craven person
A caitiff is a coward or despicable person—someone base, mean-spirited, or contemptible.
The word is archaic and literary, appearing mostly in medieval romances and historical fiction: The caitiff knight fled the battlefield.
As an adjective, caitiff describes cowardly or wretched behavior: his caitiff betrayal of former allies.
Contemptibly lacking nerve
- poltroonAbject coward
- recreantDisloyal coward
- pusillanimousLacking courage or determination
- faintheartedCowardly, easily discouraged
chickenhearted · spineless · gutless · dastardly · timorous · lily-livered · yellow-bellied · white-livered
craven
Contemptibly lacking nerve
- poltroonAbject coward
- recreantDisloyal coward
- pusillanimousLacking courage or determination
fainthearted · chickenhearted · spineless · gutless · dastardly · timorous · lily-livered · yellow-bellied · white-livered · quailing
wretch
Pitiable or base person
villain · scoundrel · miscreant · rogue · blackguard · rascal · reprobate · base · vile · despicable
serf
Bonded agricultural laborer
- peasantLow-status agricultural laborer
- bondsmanOne who posts bail
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
thrall · villain · churl · lowborn · baseborn · unfree · subjugated · feudal · servile · wretched