"polygamist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈlɪɡəmɪst/ Forms: polygamists [plural]
Etymology: polygamy + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|polygamy|ist}} polygamy + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} polygamist (plural polygamists)
  1. One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful. Categories (topical): People Hypernyms: wedder Translations (one who practices polygamy): шматжэ́нец (šmatžénjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), мнагажэ́нец (mnahažénjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), polígam [masculine] (Catalan), polygame [feminine, masculine] (French), polygamite [masculine] (French), პოლიგამისტი (ṗoligamisṭi) (Georgian), მრავალცოლიანი (mravalcoliani) (english: having many wives) (Georgian), მრავალქმრიანი (mravalkmriani) (english: having many husbands) (Georgian), Polygamist [masculine] (German), Polygamistin [feminine] (German), yl-phooseyder [masculine] (Manx), poligamista [masculine] (Polish), wielożeniec [masculine] (Polish), многоже́нец (mnogožénec) (english: one with more than one wife) [masculine] (Russian), polígamo [masculine] (Spanish), багатоже́нець (bahatožénecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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