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noun
A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a mari complaisant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A bird, the wheatear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cuckold
History
From Middle English witewold; likely a blend of witen (“to know”) + cockewold (“cuckold”), equivalent to wit + cuckold.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
