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English word cuckquean comes from English quean, English cuckold

quean (English)

(Scotland) A young woman, a girl; a daughter. [from 15th c.]. A woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute. [from 10th c.].

cuckold (English)

(transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse. A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus.. A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.. The cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.

cuckquean (English)

A woman who has an unfaithful husband. (transitive) To make a woman into a cuckquean.

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