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POLYGAMIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polygamist mean? 

POLYGAMIST (noun)
  The noun POLYGAMIST has 1 sense:

1. someone who is married to two or more people at the same timeplay

  Familiarity information: POLYGAMIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POLYGAMIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is married to two or more people at the same time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("polygamist" is a kind of...):

better half; married person; mate; partner; spouse (a person's partner in marriage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polygamist"):

polyandrist (a woman with two or more husbands)

polygynist (a man with two or more wives)

Derivation:

polygamy (the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time)


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