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cuckold

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1. cuckold - Noun

2. cuckold - Verb

Meaning

A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.

A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter).

The cowfish.

To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Rosemary's reputation was known; he would, by obscure logic, become retrospectively a cuckold. Anthony Burgess

Am I reading too much into all that innuendo, or did you in fact just connive to assassinate Gregor in one breath, offer to cuckold him in the next, accuse your father of homosexuality, suggest a patricidal plot against him, and league yourself with Cavilo -- what are you going to do for an encore? Lois McMaster Bujold

1048. Call your Husband Cuckold in Jest and he'll ne'er suspect you. Thomas Fuller (writer)

Call your husband cuckold in jest, an he'll never suspect you. Turkish Proverb

Better to be a cuckold and not know it than to not be one and everybody say so. Scottish Proverb

The cuckold is the last that knows of it. American Proverb

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