cuckold-maker

noun

One who cuckolds; a man who seduces another's wife.

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one who cuckolds

Meanings

nouncuckold-maker (plural cuckold-makers)

plural cuckold-makers

  1. One who cuckolds; a man who seduces another's wife.

    but if I spared any / That had a head to hit, either young or old, / He or she, cuckold or cuckold-maker, / Let me ne'er hope to see a chine again

    c. 1613, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, act 5, scene 4, lines 23–26

    Synonyms: one who cuckolds

  2. obsoleteThe penis.

    Would I had had the circumcising of thee, Jew, ide ha' cut short your cuckold-maker; I would i'faith, I would ifaith!

    1613, John Marston, The Insatiate Countess, act 3

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who cuckolds; a man who seduces another's wife.

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one who cuckolds

Origin

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Chicago

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