cotquean

[kot-kween]

noun

1. Archaic.,  a man who busies himself with traditionally women's household duties.

2. Archaic.,  a coarse woman.

cotquean

/ ˈkɒtˌkwiːn /

noun

1. a coarse woman

2. a man who does housework

Word History and Origins

Origin of cotquean¹

First recorded in 1540–50; cot ² + quean

Word History and Origins

Origin of cotquean¹

C16: see _cot ², _quean

Example Sentences

Her husband, who at best is but a cotquean—one of those fellows who has a dastardly fear of his wife, which, you know, Mistress Dorothy, truly makes both man and wife to be laughed at.

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Nay, perhaps with some what else, as a cross-grain'd pate, a grumbling gizzard, not wel in his sences, jealous thoughts, or the actions of a Cotquean are his companions; and that is more then all these, keeps hid a certain imbecility in his defective nature; which is no waies to be discovered till the nuptial rites be absolutely celebrated.

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The twelfth, bayoguin, signified a “cotquean,” a man whose nature inclined toward that of a woman.

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He had given him the nickname of "Cotquean," and jeered at him whenever he saw him.

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We tell thee thou angerest us, cotquean; and we will thunder thee in pieces for thy cotqueanity.

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