Bible Dictionaries
Wittol
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The wheatear.
(2):
(n.) A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; - so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wittol'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/wittol.html. 1828.