monogamist

[ muh-nog-uh-mist ]

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noun

a person who practices or advocates monogamy.

Origin of monogamist

First recorded in 1645–50; monogam(y) + -ist

Other words from monogamist

mo·nog·a·mis·tic, adjective

Words Nearby monogamist

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How to use monogamist in a sentence

As for girlfriends and partners, Waters says she is a serial monogamist.
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But, “mainly” a serial monogamist, for the last twelve years he has been with his partner Michael.
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In fact, however, Henry was more of a serial monogamist than a philanderer.
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So many that, among his friends, he was known as a “serial monogamist.”
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A former "card-carrying monogamist," as she puts it, she is now in an open relationship and newly engaged.
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Parson Adams will not be forgotten, nor that gentle monogamist, the good Vicar of Wakefield.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 23, September, 1859 | Various
Strindberg, notwithstanding his unhappy unions, is a staunch monogamist, and allowed the woman to go her way.
Iconoclasts | James Huneker
Poverty brings one blessing in Turkey—the poor man is of necessity a monogamist.
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He is a strict monogamist, loyal in his married life and detests slavery as much as polygamy.
My Trip Around the World | Eleonora Hunt
Isaac was a monogamist, though Jacob, through the artifice of Laban, became a polygamist.
Woman: Man's Equal | Thomas Webster

British Dictionary definitions for monogamist

monogamist

/ (mɒˈnɒɡəmɪst) /

noun

a person who advocates or practises monogamy

Derived forms of monogamist

monogamistic, adjective

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