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bigamist

American  
[big-uh-mist] / ˈbɪg ə mɪst /

noun

  1. a person who commits bigamy.


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Etymology

Origin of bigamist

First recorded in 1625–35; bigam(y) + -ist


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But a bigamist who is the subject of a revenge blog is enticing enough of a subject for the filmmakers actually participate in tracking him down.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2020

Skalnick was a serial con artist and, later, a bigamist who admitted to Dailey’s jury that he had been charged with “grand theft,” but “not murder, not rape, not physical violence in my life.”

From Washington Times ● Feb. 5, 2020

In Mrs Wilson, which is written by Anna Simon and directed by Richard Laxton, she will play her grandmother, Alice, who only discovered after his death that her husband, Alexander Wilson, was a bigamist.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2018

A woman who risked her life by hiding a Jewish friend during World War Two, but ended up being disgraced as a bigamist, may finally have her heroic actions honoured by the state of Israel.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2016

At first, she tried to ignore the accusations and implications, but she refused to allow herself to be characterized as a bigamist.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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