COTQUEAN

Noun

cotquean (plural cotqueans)

Alternative form of cot-quean

Source: Wiktionary


Cot"quean` (kt"kwn`), n. Etym: [Cot a cottage + quean.]

1. A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women. Addison.

2. A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. [Obs.] What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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