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Cuckolded

Cuckold \Cuck"old\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cuckolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cuckolding.] To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress.
--Shak.

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cuckolded

vb. (en-past of: cuckold)

Usage examples of "cuckolded".

Males also try to impregnate other males' mates, leaving the unfortunate cuckolded male to care unknowingly for the cuckolder's offspring.

It's striking that polygynous males don't court a second spouse at any of dozens of potential nest holes near the first nest, even though they would thereby reduce their commuting time between nests, have more time available to feed their young, and reduce their risk of being cuckolded while en route.

In half of all EPC attempts, the cuckolded male flycatcher is off in pursuit of another female flycatcher at the very moment when his own mate is under siege.

Reluctant to admit he'd been cuckolded and that his impregnable security system had been violated, Elmerhad tried to hush up last night's escapade.

She was tempted to dump on poor Kitty Rannaldini, who had been endlessly cuckolded and survived just.

I thought I might re-title it Octavia and write it from the angle of the cuckolded wife.

The only pleasure afforded a chronically cuckolded wife, of witnessing the anguish of one's husband's current mistress when he moves on to a new one, was denied to poor Kitty because she felt that Rannaldini was far more smitten with Flora than any of the others.

Do not waste any more breath trying to convince me that I have been cuckolded, because I know the truth.

After all, what’s the use of rescuing Helen if her cuckolded husband is dead?

Who cares where mortal Helen sleeps or if the Atridae—Menelaus and his arrogant brother Agamemnon—are cuckolded or not?