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Freeman of Bucks

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A cuckold. The allusion is to the buck’s horn. (See Horns.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Free
Free Bench (francus bancus)
Free Coup (in Scotland)
Free Lances
Free Lances of Life (The)
Free Spirit
Free Trade
Freebooter
Freeholds
Freeman (Mrs.)
Freeman of Bucks
Freeman’s Quay
Freemasons
Freeport (Sir Andrew)
Freestone
Freethinker
Freezing-point
Freischütz (pronounce fry-shoots)
Freki and Geri
French Cream
French Leave