From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcuckoldcuck‧old1 /ˈkʌkəld, ˈkʌkəʊld $ -kəld/ noun [countable] old use SEX/HAVE SEX WITHan insulting word for a man whose wife has been having sex with another man
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cuckold• Because I made a cuckold of him?• Sharpe translated the crowd's attention as the derision due to a cuckold and, in that misapprehension, his temper snapped.• Horned gods are by definition cuckold gods.• Most prominent amongst these are terms that mock the miller as an impotent and inadequate cuckold.• Given what he does for a living, Bill is no innocent cuckold.cuckoldcuckold2 verb [transitive] old use SEX/HAVE SEX WITHif a wife and her lover cuckold her husband, they have sex with each other→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
cuckold• Sarah Hrdy proposed that silent ovulation helps prevent infanticide because neither the husband nor the lover knows if he has been cuckolded.• At the end all there was was the knowledge that you took the job to not be cuckolded by opportunity.• Male birds were cuckolding one another at a tremendous rate.• Told him he didn't want to accept hospitality from patrons who go round cuckolding their players.Origin cuckold (1200-1300) Probably from Old French cucuault, from cucu; → CUCKOO1 