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Cotquean
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noun
Cotquean
n.
1.
A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women.
2.
A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. (Obs.)
"What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face? We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures."
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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[Du.], rani; good woman, good wife; squaw; wife &c (marriage) 903; matronage, matronhood^. bachelor girl, new woman, feminist, suffragette, suffragist. nymph, wench, grisette^; girl &c (youth) 129. [Effeminacy] sissy, betty, cot betty [U.S.],
cotquean
^, henhussy^, mollycoddle, muff, old woman. [Female animal] hen, bitch, sow, doe, roe, mare; she goat, Nanny goat, tabita; ewe, cow; lioness, tigress; vixen. gynecaeum^. estrogen, oestrogen. consanguinity
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— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
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