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Definition of Polygamist
1. Noun. Someone who is married to two or more people at the same time.
Generic synonyms: Better Half, Married Person, Mate, Partner, Spouse
Derivative terms: Polygamy
Definition of Polygamist
1. n. One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness.
Definition of Polygamist
1. Noun. One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polygamist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygamist
Literary usage of Polygamist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"... CONGRESS Depew and Beveridge in the Senate—polygamist from Utah Excluded —Matt
Quay Loses Senate Seat by One Vote—Famous Clark- Daly Fight Transferred ..."
2. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction, Classical Mediæval, Legendary: Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1915)
"He is not even a mere easygoing rake, but only an amiable and chivalrous polygamist,
with a wife who does not understand polygamy.—Saturday Review. ..."
3. Wife No. 19: Or The Story of a Life in Bondage, Being a Complete Exposé of by Ann Eliza Young (1875)
"Prophetic Cunning. — Evening Devotions. — A Gift in Prayer. — Advice to the Deity.
— Fatherless Children. — The Bee Hive. — Monogamist vs. polygamist. ..."
4. John Bull and His Island by Max O'Rell (1884)
"Duels—A sensible Duel—Polygamy—A good, charitable, Christian polygamist—Different
ways of looking at a question—Blackmail levied in parks and streets—The ..."
5. Testimony of Important Witnesses as Given in the Proceedings Before the by Julius Caesar Burrows, Joseph Benson Foraker (1905)
"Could an apostle be a polygamist without your knowledge? Mr. Smith. ... Then an
apostle could not be a polygamist unless you knew it? Mr. Smith. ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"... and is: "That no polygamist, bigamist, or any person cohabiting with more than
one woman, and no woman cohabiting with any of the persons described as ..."
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