The difference between Cuckquean and Wittol
When used as nouns, cuckquean means a woman who has an unfaithful husband, whereas wittol means a man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men.
Cuckquean is also verb with the meaning: to make a woman into a cuckquean.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cuckquean and Wittol
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Cuckquean as a noun:
A woman who has an unfaithful husband.
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Cuckquean as a verb (transitive):
To make a woman into a cuckquean.
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Wittol as a noun (archaic):
A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a cuckold.
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Wittol as a noun (UK, dialect, obsolete):
A bird, the wheatear.