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单词 polygamist
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Definition of polygamist in English:

polygamist

noun pəˈlɪɡəmɪstpəˈlɪɡəmɪst
  • 1A person who has more than one wife or husband at the same time.

    a Mississippi-based group of practising polygamists
    as modifier polygamist communities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My polygamist tendencies wouldn't jive with your inclination for monogamy.
    • The case was believed to be the first brought against a polygamist in the United States in nearly 50 years.
    • Few people outside the group are likely to have close friends who are polygamists.
    • Her truck-driving dad is a polygamist with a second family.
    • Most likely, the leadership is using this initiative to wage war against their own renegade, polygamist brethren.
    • His disavowal notwithstanding, he sounded more concerned about the rights of polygamists than about the plight of child brides.
    • A polygamist from a breakaway sect demanded a retraction.
    • I'm disappointed that the mayor wants to discriminate against polygamists.
    • State constitutional bans on polygamy block polygamists from enacting laws that they like.
    • There are an estimated 30,000 polygamists in this state.
    1. 1.1Zoology An animal that has more than one mate.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These polygamists got dirty later than monogamous males, remaining clean until their second female began laying.
      • Are lions polygamists?
      • The sexes of other pachydermatous animals differ very little or not at all, and, as far as known, they are not polygamists.
      • Does the female prefer any particular male, or does the male, when not a polygamist, select any particular female?
      • Birds are polygamists, monogamists, and in certain cases are given to practices of polyandry.
      • The capercailzie and the ruff are, as believed, polygamists.
      • The males are polygamists, and they have regular appointed places to congregate in numbers to fight together and to display their charms before the females.
      • The males, said to be polygamists, are extraordinarily bold and pugnacious, whilst the females are quite pacific.
      • In the cuckoo, a polygamist who continues with the female but for a very short time, the testes are small.
      • A polygamist has to be a good fighter, so accordingly we find that the peacock is armed with trenchant spurs upon the legs.

Rhymes

bigamist
 
 

Definition of polygamist in US English:

polygamist

nounpəˈliɡəmistpəˈlɪɡəmɪst
  • 1A person who has more than one wife or husband at the same time.

    a Mississippi-based group of practicing polygamists
    as modifier polygamist communities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm disappointed that the mayor wants to discriminate against polygamists.
    • His disavowal notwithstanding, he sounded more concerned about the rights of polygamists than about the plight of child brides.
    • The case was believed to be the first brought against a polygamist in the United States in nearly 50 years.
    • Most likely, the leadership is using this initiative to wage war against their own renegade, polygamist brethren.
    • Her truck-driving dad is a polygamist with a second family.
    • A polygamist from a breakaway sect demanded a retraction.
    • State constitutional bans on polygamy block polygamists from enacting laws that they like.
    • Few people outside the group are likely to have close friends who are polygamists.
    • My polygamist tendencies wouldn't jive with your inclination for monogamy.
    • There are an estimated 30,000 polygamists in this state.
    1. 1.1Zoology An animal that has more than one mate.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Does the female prefer any particular male, or does the male, when not a polygamist, select any particular female?
      • These polygamists got dirty later than monogamous males, remaining clean until their second female began laying.
      • The males, said to be polygamists, are extraordinarily bold and pugnacious, whilst the females are quite pacific.
      • Are lions polygamists?
      • The capercailzie and the ruff are, as believed, polygamists.
      • A polygamist has to be a good fighter, so accordingly we find that the peacock is armed with trenchant spurs upon the legs.
      • In the cuckoo, a polygamist who continues with the female but for a very short time, the testes are small.
      • Birds are polygamists, monogamists, and in certain cases are given to practices of polyandry.
      • The males are polygamists, and they have regular appointed places to congregate in numbers to fight together and to display their charms before the females.
      • The sexes of other pachydermatous animals differ very little or not at all, and, as far as known, they are not polygamists.
 
 
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