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Webster 1913 Edition
Polygyny
Po-lyg′y-ny
,Noun.
[
Poly-
+ Gr. [GREEK] woman, wife.] The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.
H. Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Polygyny
POLYG'YNY
,Noun.
The practice of having more wives than one at the same time.
Definition 2024
polygyny
polygyny
English
Noun
polygyny (plural polygynies)
- The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Herbert Spencer to this entry?)
- The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens.
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plurality of wives at the same time
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