Definition of "dullard" [dull•ard]

• A person regarded as mentally dull; a dolt. (noun)

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• "Would he not be like one called a dullard or a clod?"
• "Thus, a fellow with a low forehead and a weakly receding chin, Kerry classified as a dullard, a witling, unaware that if the brow were but low enough and the chin virtually absent altogether he might stand in the presence of a second Daniel."
• "They were ok with Bush and his horrific policies (a dullard is their perfect candidate, see Palin) but Obama is just too different for them."