Definition of "recreant" [rec•re•ant]

• Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause. (adjective)
• Craven or cowardly. (adjective)
• A faithless or disloyal person. (noun)
• A coward. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He whom thou hast called recreant knight, has been Saxon host."
• "a 'recreant' -- just what needs the slight punishment of instant death to the remarker -- and ... where is the way?"
• "A Spanish soldier is represented dragging a fugitive Indian from a lake by a lasso around his neck; while on the shore stands a monk ready to baptize the recreant on his arrival!” ["