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Polyandry   Listen
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Polyandry  n.  The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; contrasted with monandry. Note: In law, this falls under the head of polygamy.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Polyandry" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bel, Philippe le Hardi, Philomenus, Philostratus, Philometor, Phisias. See Pythias. Physicians, Physiognomy, Pigmentaries, Pilgrimages, Piron, Pirre, Pitman, Isaac, Pity, Plaisters, Plato, Polygamy, Polygamy or polyandry? Pompeye, Porters of gates, Porus, Poverty, Princes' oaths and promises, Prisoners, Prodigality, Promises, Proverbs, Ptolome, Publius ...
— Game and Playe of the Chesse - A Verbatim Reprint Of The First Edition, 1474 • Caxton

... him, "you think as things are going that polyandry will have to come in fashion—a woman will need more than one ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner



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