Read full poem →Those strange examples ne'er were made to fit ye,
But the kind cuckold might instruct the city:
There, many an honest man may copy Cato,
Dictionary Entry
A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. cuckoldhusband cuckoldcuckold magnanimouscuckold magnificentcuckold old
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Poetry examples for “cuckold”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →I’ll partake wi’ naebody;
I’ll take Cuckold frae nane,
I’ll gie Cuckold to naebody.
Read full poem →little prominent in the possibly Websterian part of
A Cure for a Cuckold. But there is another point
which marks Appius and Virginia off from all the rest.