polygamist

English

Etymology

From polygamy +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪɡəmɪst/

Noun

polygamist (plural polygamists)

1. One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.

Hypernyms

• wedder

Translations

one who practices polygamy

Belarusian: шматжэ́нец m (šmatžénjec), мнагажэ́нец m (mnahažénjec) Catalan: polígam m French: polygame (fr) m or f, polygamite (fr) m Georgian: პოლიგამისტი (ṗoligamisṭi), მრავალცოლიანი (mravalcoliani) (having many wives), მრავალქმრიანი (mravalkmriani) (having many husbands) German: Polygamist (de) m, Polygamistin (de) f Manx: yl-phooseyder m Polish: poligamista (pl) m, wielożeniec (pl) m Russian: многоже́нец (ru) m (mnogožénec) (one with more than one wife) Spanish: polígamo (es) m Ukrainian: багатоже́нець (uk) m (bahatožénecʹ)

References

• “polygamist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.