Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coarse or scolding woman.
- noun A man who busies himself with domestic matters traditionally regarded as suitable only for women.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who busies himself with the affairs which properly belong to women.
- noun A coarse, masculine woman; a bold hussy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women.
- noun obsolete A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
cot-quean .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[cot + quean.]
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Examples
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The twelfth, _bayoguin_, signified a "cotquean," a man whose nature inclined toward that of a woman.
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"Her husband, who at best is but a cotquean - one of those fellows who has a dastardly fear of his wife, which, you know,
pavonine commented on the word cotquean
n. Archaic
1. A coarse or scolding woman.
2. A man who busies himself with domestic matters traditionally regarded as suitable only for women.
December 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word cotquean
"'... and the Dey despised the Vizier as a cotquean, in spite of his numerous harem, his collection of guns and his status as an important shareholder in the larger associations of corsairs.'"
--P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 211–212
March 25, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word cotquean
Cf. carlwife
May 26, 2011