WHITE FEATHER meaning: Symbol of cowardice or pacifism

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white feather: Merriam-Webster
white feather: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
white feather: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
white feather: Collins English Dictionary
white feather: Vocabulary.com
white feather: Wordnik
white feather: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
white feather: Infoplease Dictionary
white feather: Dictionary.com
white feather: Online Etymology Dictionary
The White Feather, White Feather (film), White Feather (song), White Feather, White feather (disambiguation), White feather: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
white feather: Rhymezone
White Feather: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
white feather: FreeDictionary.org
white feather: Mnemonic Dictionary
white feather, White feather: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wikipedia (White feather)

▸ noun: The white feather is a widely recognised propaganda symbol.
▸ noun: The white feather is a traditional symbol of cowardice in many places, although it may have the opposite meaning in others.

Opposite:

black feather, symbol of courage, bravery

Types:

coward, chicken, wimp, yellow-bellied, more...

Phrases:

show the white feather, to show the white feather, more...

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