English

Noun

cot-quean ‎(plural cot-queans)

1. (obsolete) A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women; an effeminate man.

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2. (obsolete) A female cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy.

   What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face? We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures. — Ben Jonson.