polygamy

Polygamy is defined as having more than one spouse at a time.

(noun)

When a man is married to three women at the same time, this is an example of polygamy.

See polygamy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the state or practice of having two or more spouses at the same time; plural marriage
Zool. the practice of mating with more than one of the opposite sex

Origin: Fr polygamie < Gr polygamia: see poly- & -gamy

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See polygamy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The condition or practice of having more than one spouse at one time. Also called plural marriage.
Zoology A mating pattern in which a single individual mates with more than one individual of the opposite sex.

Origin:

Origin: French polygamie

Origin: , from Late Latin polygamia

Origin: , from Greek polugamiā

Origin: : polu-, poly-

Origin: + -gamiā, -gamy

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