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MEACOCK
Etymology
Noun
meacock (plural meacocks)
(obsolete) An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man; a meek man who dotes on his wife, or is henpecked.
Source: Wiktionary
Mea"cock, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. meek + cock.]
Definition: An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man. [Obs.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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