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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 time
Familiarity information: POLYGAMIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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