bigamist

[big-uh-mist]

noun

a person who commits bigamy.

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Origin of bigamist

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

Related formsbig·a·mis·tic, adjectivebig·a·mis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for bigamist

Contemporary Examples

Jerry Lee got married again: At seventeen, he was a bigamist; at nineteen, he was a father, to Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis
Richard Ben Cramer
January 11, 2014
Washington DC's mysterious tunnel builder: lepidopterist, bigamist, recreational tunnel builder.
Your Daily Brain Candy
Megan McArdle
October 31, 2012

Historical Examples

He was afraid of bein' took up for bigamist, you see—for bein' a bigamy, I mean.
Cy Whittaker's Place
Joseph C. Lincoln
So, this was the ghastly explanation of the change: The man was a bigamist!
Making People Happy
Thompson Buchanan
When he left Mercy Leicester, he was a bigamist in law, but not at heart.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866
Various
You don't suppose she's a bigamist even though he's a fool, do you?'
The Bishop's Secret
Fergus Hume
The woman was a bigamist,—that is, if any second marriage had ever been perpetrated.
Dr. Wortle's School
Anthony Trollope

Word Origin and History for bigamist

n.

1630s; see bigamy + -ist. Earlier in the same sense was bigame (mid-15c.), from Old French bigame, from Medival Latin bigamus.

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