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cot-queans

cot-queans is the plural of cot-quean.

Meaning of cot-quean

Noun

cot-quean (plural cot-queans)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; an effeminate man.
    • Go, you cot-quean, go.
      Get you to bed!c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 4, scene 4
    Synonyms:
    betty, cot-betty, henhussy, sissy
  2. (derogatory, obsolete) A female cuckold; a cuckquean.
    • What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face? Will she paint it so horribly? We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures, and we will cudgel thee to death if thou find fault with us.1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster, act 4, scene 4
    Synonyms:
    cuckquean

Questions about cot-queans

What is cot-queans the plural of?
Cot-queans is the plural of cot-quean.

Words near cot-queans in the dictionary

  1. cot-caught
  2. cot-caught merged
  3. cot-caught merger
  4. cot-caught mergers
  5. cot-quean
  6. cot-queans
  7. cota
  8. Cotabato
  9. Cotabato City
  10. cotadutide
  11. Cotai

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