cuckold
the husband of an unfaithful wife.
to make a cuckold of (a husband).
Origin of cuckold
1Other words from cuckold
- cuck·old·ly, adverb
Words Nearby cuckold
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How to use cuckold in a sentence
He made cuckolds of his three best friends, who knew of and tolerated their wives’ infidelities with him.
Montalbano says farewell in the lovably quirky novel ‘Riccardino’ | Dennis Drabelle | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostHe is a pudgy, bespectacled, homburg-wearing cuckold of a Sherlock in those fish-grey postwar years of 1970s England.
Iran’s Top Spy Is the Modern-Day Karla, John Le Carré’s Villainous Mastermind | Michael Weiss | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy definition, of course, a cuckold is the “husband of an adulteress.”
The Cuckolding Fetish: When Your Wife’s Cheating Turns You On | Aurora Snow | February 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMean cuckold is the highest selling DVD producer and director Glenn King has ever released.
The Cuckolding Fetish: When Your Wife’s Cheating Turns You On | Aurora Snow | February 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe made her first husband a cuckold, and do you suppose that she has suddenly turned virtuous?
The Making of a Saint | William Somerset Maugham
Sfoot, half a quarter of an hour does that; make him a cuckold.
But he smiled, and replied: "As that cuckold of a Forestier?"
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 6 | Guy de MaupassantThe character of cuckold is indelible: who once has it carries it to his grave; the punishment proclaims it more than the fault.
The Essays of Montaigne, Complete | Michel de MontaigneWe no less laugh at him who takes pains to prevent it, than at him who is a cuckold and knows it not.
The Essays of Montaigne, Complete | Michel de Montaigne
British Dictionary definitions for cuckold
/ (ˈkʌkəld) /
a man whose wife has committed adultery, often regarded as an object of scorn
(tr) to make a cuckold of
Origin of cuckold
1Derived forms of cuckold
- cuckoldry, noun
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