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quadrigamist
quadrigamist n. 
/kwəˈdrɪɡəmɪst/,
Brit. /kwɒˈdrɪɡəmɪst/
, /kwɒˈdrɪɡəmɪst//kwəˈdrɪɡəmɪst/U.S. /kwɑˈdrɪɡəməst/
[compare post-classical Latin quadrigamus married four times (4th cent.)] a person who has four spouses at once; (in early use also) †a person who has been married four times (obsolete)./kwɑˈdrɪɡəməst/ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > [noun] > one who remarries or upholds remarriage > several times
pentagamist1656
quadrigamist1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Quadrigamist.
1677 E. Coles Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Quadrigamist , one four times married.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Feb. 5/2 The swindler bigamist or quadrigamist, we forget the precise number of his marriages.
2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Feb. c1/7 One newcomer [sc. a TV commercial] that stumbled featured Cedric the Entertainer as a serial groom who became a quadrigamist to get free beer.
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