Cuckold

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (kou"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
     (a) The grampus.
     (b) A California dolphin ({Tursiops Gillii}).
     (c) A marine plectognath fish ({Ostracoin quadricorne}, and
         allied species), having two projections, like horns, in
         front; -- called also {cuckold}, {coffer fish},


         {trunkfish}.
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cuckold \Cuck"old\ (k?k"?ld), n. [OE. kukeweld, cokewold,
     cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being
     modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see {Herald}); cf. F. cocu
     a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo.
     The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays
     her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.]
     1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an
        adulteress. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.)
        (a) A West Indian plectognath fish ({Ostracion
            triqueter}).
        (b) The cowfish.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cuckold \Cuck"old\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cuckolded}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Cuckolding}.]
     To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or
     by her becoming an adulteress. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cuckold
       n : a man whose wife committed adultery
       v : be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She
           cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
           [syn: {cheat on}, {cheat}, {betray}, {wander}]