Cuckold is an old-fashioned term that describes a man whose wife is unfaithful. It usually refers to a man who is unaware of his wife’s infidelity and who is viewed as naïve or gullible because…
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Gallant or Rake
A gallant is a term used to describe a man who is chivalric, attentive, or courteous to women. In the Restoration, it was also used to describe a fashionable man who escorts women or a…
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