cuckold

/ˈkʌkəld/
verb
  1. To make a man a cuckold by having sex with his wife.
    • In the story, the neighbor cuckolds the farmer without anyone knowing.
    • The knight cuckolded the king by seducing the queen.
    • He vowed to cuckold his rival as revenge for the insult.
noun
  1. A man whose wife is sexually unfaithful to him.
    • The character in the novel is a cuckold, mocked by the townspeople behind his back.
    • In the old play, the husband is a cuckold who doesn't know his wife has a lover.
    • He felt like a cuckold when he discovered his wife's secret affair.
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