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Definition of "cuckold" [cuck•old]

  • A man married to an unfaithful wife. (noun)
  • To make a cuckold of. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cuckold" in a sentence
  • "The term "cuckold" comes from the Middle English cokewold and refers to a cuckoo hen who lays her eggs in another's nest."
  • "Someone explain to the troll that being her cuckold is not something to be boasting about."
  • "Four old pudgepots avenging a cuckold is the worst kind of testosterone-laced male ego delusion masquerading as high drama that it has ever been my misfortune to suffer through."