"serial polygamy" meaning in All languages combined

See serial polygamy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: serial polygamies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} serial polygamy (usually uncountable, plural serial polygamies)
  1. The practice of marrying and divorcing a succession of individual spouses. Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: serial polygamist
    Sense id: en-serial_polygamy-en-noun--KrC9u-- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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