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noun
a person who practices or favors polygamy.
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Polygamist
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World English Dictionary
| polygamy (pəˈlɪɡəmɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | polyandry Compare polygyny the practice of having more than one wife or husband at the same time |
| 2. | a. the condition of having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant |
| b. the condition of having these different types of flower on separate plants of the same species | |
| 3. | the practice in male animals of having more than one mate during one breeding season |
| [C16: via French from Greek polugamia from | |
| po'lygamist | |
| —n | |
| po'lygamous | |
| —adj | |
| po'lygamously | |
| —adv | |
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