(1) Despicably mean and cowardly
(1) A cowardly and despicable person.
(2) Coward.
(1) Peter is a caitiff who has risen to great heights politically: however, he is still a caitiff.
(2) A caitiff knight
(3) Your only comfort lay in the forced reflection, that, real as he looked, the poor caitiff was but imaginary, a bit of painted canvass, whom no delirium tremens, nor so much as a retributive headache, awaited, on the morrow.
(4) A caitiff knight
(5) He has for several years been playing snarling caitiffs in the wave of crime plays.
(6) At once I understood and was certain, that this was the sect of the caitiffs displeasing unto God, and unto his enemies.
(7) According to the clear meaning of the word, the holy war for the religion against the infidels and caitiffs is somewhat like a struggle against one's own desires.