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POLYGYNIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polygynist mean?
• POLYGYNIST (noun)
The noun POLYGYNIST has 1 sense:
1. a man with two or more wives
Familiarity information: POLYGYNIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man with two or more wives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("polygynist" is a kind of...):
polygamist (someone who is married to two or more people at the same time)
Derivation:
polygyny (polygamy in which a man has more than one wife at a time)
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