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What does cuckold mean?

noun

1. a man whose wife committed adultery
   • more generic: hubby / husband / married man = a married man
   • more specific: wittol = an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it

verb

1. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
   • synonyms: betray / cheat / cheat on / wander
   • more generic: cozen / deceive / delude / lead on = be false to
   • more specific:
     • two-time = carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time
     • fool around / play around = commit adultery

Alternative definition

noun

1. A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
   • hyponyms: wittol, mari complaisant

verb

1. [transitive] To make a cuckold of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing his wife.

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The Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary department (A-Z) (1904)

cuckold, *cocke-wold, *coke-wold,*cok-olde, •kuk-wald, *kuke-weld, * koke wold, a. [The d is excrescent, the true form...

Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (1830)

Corrected and enlarged with upwards of Three Thousand Words by Rev. John Davis (A.M., of Belfast, Eng.)

Cuckold. kuk-kMd, ». 166. One that is ...

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Scrabble value of C₃U₁C₃K₅O₁L₁D₂

The value of this 7-letter word is 16 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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