"wear horns" meaning in English

See wear horns in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: wears horns [present, singular, third-person], wearing horns [participle, present], wore horns [past], worn horns [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wear<,,wore,worn> horns}} wear horns (third-person singular simple present wears horns, present participle wearing horns, simple past wore horns, past participle worn horns)
  1. To be a cuckold.
    Sense id: en-wear_horns-en-verb-JAKZxG3t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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