noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of testicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, plural-normally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: testicle
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cullion
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.jən/
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General-American: /ˈkʌl.jən/
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noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of asshole or bollocks, a mean, vile, or otherwise contemptible person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, offensive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: asshole or bollocks
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English coilon, borrowed from Old French coillon (“testicle, vile fellow, coward, dupe”), from Vulgar Latin *cōleōnem, from Latin cōleus (“sack, scrotum”). Doublet of culeus and cojones.