Coward is defined: Someone who leaves his brothers to their death in order for him to live/prosper.
Mason I think you are confusing coward with traitor.
Check again definition of coward.
Coward
| Definition
cow·ard (kourd)
n.
One who shows ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain.
[Middle English, from Old French couard, from coue, tail, from Latin cauda.]
coward adj.
Word History: A coward is one who "turns tail." The word comes from Old French couart, coart, "coward," and is related to Italian codardo, "coward." Couart is formed from coe, a northern French dialectal variant of cue, "tail" (from Latin cda), to which the derogatory suffix -ard was added. This suffix appears in bastard, laggard, and sluggard, to name a few. A coward may also be one with his tail between his legs. In heraldry a lion couard, "cowardly lion," was depicted with his tail between his legs.
So a coward may be one with his tail hidden between his legs or one who turns tail and runs like a rabbit, with his tail showing.
coward [ˈkaʊəd]
n
a person who shrinks from or avoids danger, pain, or difficulty
[from Old French cuard, from coue tail, from Latin cauda; perhaps suggestive of a frightened animal with its tail between its legs]
From other source
[Spoil]
1. coward
noun
1. One who is not brave
2. One who fears many things
3. The most insulting word known to man
Synonyms:
1. scaredy-cat
2. loser
Antonyms:
1. non-coward
2. hero
3. valiant warrior
4. Adventurer
5. Voorhees 2nd Floor
Look at that man running from me, such a coward.
"I don't want to go in there, I'm scared" said the coward. [/Spoil]
Oxford dictionary
[SPoil] noun
a person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things:
they had run away—the cowards!
adjective
1 literary excessively afraid of danger or pain.
2 Heraldry (of an animal) depicted with the tail between the hind legs.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French couard, based on Latin cauda 'tail', possibly with reference to a frightened animal with its tail between its legs, reflected in sense 2 of the adjective (early 16th century)
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Now ste did exactly the same , he ran with his tail between his legs.
So he is a coward.
However i would like to post the difference between Ste and Players Like Joe.
Joe is a fighter unlike Ste.He may have left ??? due to his disappointment at the way things are being run,but he left the tribe and not the world.He didnot run away.
To me Je is a Warrior who left the tribe due to some of His tribe mates who were cowards.