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CUCKOLD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man whose wife committed adultery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cuckold" is a kind of...):

hubby; husband; married man (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cuckold"):

wittol (an archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it)

Derivation:

cuckold (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

Example:

Might her husband be wandering?

Synonyms:

betray; cheat; cheat on; cuckold; wander

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "cuckold" is one way to...):

cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cuckold"):

two-time (carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time)

fool around; play around (commit adultery)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

cuckold (a man whose wife committed adultery)

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