Cot'quean` noun [ Cot a cottage + quean .] 1. A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women. Addison. 2. A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. [ Obsolete] « What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face? We are a king, cotque... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/169