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cotquean

cotquean is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of cotquean

pluralcotqueans

Questions about cotquean

What is cotquean the alternative spelling of?
Cotquean is the alternative spelling of cot-quean.

Words near cotquean in the dictionary

  1. cotortfeasors
  2. Cotos
  3. cototient
  4. cototients
  5. Cotoxo
  6. cotquean
  7. cotqueans
  8. COTR
  9. cotraitor
  10. cotraitors
  11. cotranscribe

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