Cuckquean

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A cuckquean is the wife of an adulterous husband (or partner for unmarried companions), and the gender-opposite of a cuckold. In evolutionary biology, the term is also applied to females who are investing parental effort in offspring that are not genetically their own. The term is derived from Early Modern English dating back to 1562 and is composed of the terms cuck "someone whose partner is unfaithful" and quean ('disreputable woman').

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