horner n.
an adulterer; thus (W.I.) horner-man.
Play of Weather in Farmer (1905) 101: A Gentleman, in yonder corner, / And, as I think, his name is Master Horner / A hunter he is, and cometh to make you sport. | ||
Elder Brother IV iv: I shall have some musicke yet At my making free oth’ Company of Horners. | ||
Collin’s Walk canto 3 98: The jury weighing the disgraces [...] gave with Sence adorn’d, Not to the Horner, but the horn’d; Attoning by a swinging Sum The unpardon’d sin of Cuckoldom. | ||
Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage 297/1: horner-man [...] A man with a reputation for committing adultery. |