Recreant means unfaithful, disloyal, craven, or a coward. The word comes from Middle English and Old French, relating to a loss of faith.
Recreant bedeutet untreu, illoyal, feige oder ein Feigling. Das Wort stammt aus dem Mittelenglischen und Altfranzösischen und bezieht sich auf Glaubensverlust.
| Front | recreant \REK-ree-uhnt\ |
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| Back | adjective 1. Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause. 2. Craven or cowardly. noun 1. A faithless or disloyal person. 2. A coward. [Middle English, from Old French, present participle of recroire, to remember, from Medieval Latin recredere, to yield, pledge : Latin re-, re- + Latin credere, to believe.] "Tyler, seeking a less imperial president and a stronger states' rights policy, joined a small group of Jacksonians who deserted the fold and eventually became known as southern states' rights Whigs. In 1836, the Jacksonian-controlled Virginia legislature demanded and secured the recreant's senatorial resignation." - Tyler, John, The Reader's Companion to American History, 1 Jan 1991. |
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