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MONANDRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does monandry mean?
• MONANDRY (noun)
The noun MONANDRY has 1 sense:
1. the state of having only one husband at a time
Familiarity information: MONANDRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of having only one husband at a time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("monandry" is a kind of...):
marriage; matrimony; spousal relationship; union; wedlock (the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce))
Derivation:
monandrous (having only one husband at a time)
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