polygamist

[ puh-lig-uh-mist ]

/ pəˈlɪg ə mɪst /

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a person who practices or favors polygamy.

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First recorded in 1630–40; polygam(y) + -ist

po·lyg·a·mis·tic, adjective

The artist formerly known as President Fitz is slated to bring the infamous polygamist to life in an upcoming Lifetime movie.
Ke$ha Leaves Rehab, Miley Cyrus Poses With Sex Toy|Culture Team|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like me, he no longer believed that Joseph Smith, the polygamist founder of the Mormon church, was a prophet of God.
A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism|Lynn K. Wilder|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Taylor himself was an open polygamist and on many occasions he encouraged Liberian men to take up multiple wives.
McArthur Taylor, Son of War Criminal Charles Taylor, Defends His Father|Gboko Stewart|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In turn, they risk being labeled as “pligs,” a slang term outsiders reserve for polygamist families.
Polygamy Cult 's Civil War|Carol McKinley|August 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The Warren Jeffs child sex trial began with a shock: The polygamist will represent himself—with help from God.
Polygamist Courtroom Circus|Carol McKinley|July 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Of such domestic slaves more than one is allowed; so that as far as the Nascopi recognizes marriage at all, he is a polygamist.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
A polygamist, so long as he remains such, cannot become spiritual, n. 347.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love|Emanuel Swedenborg
On cross-examination, it turned out that he had twelve wives, and he was informed that a polygamist could not be a Christian.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
I was very much pleased with his talk, but, suspecting him to be a polygamist, I asked him as to the number of his wives.
By Canoe and Dog-Train|Egerton Ryerson Young
He was the absconding polygamist for whom the tobacco-chewing female had ventured all the way from Chalk-Leod.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862|Various