0 someone who is married to more than one person at the same time:
1 married to more than one person at the same time, or relating to this practice:
They disagree about whether polygamists should be sent to jail for practicing a religious belief.
For people who aren't polygamists, relationships between multiple wives sharing one husband are difficult to understand.
Charging a polygamist with bigamy puts all polygamists at risk.
She believes that all women in polygamist relationships are being abused.
Her daughter is a polygamist wife who has given birth to seven children in 11 years.
They are not polygamists, thefinestyoung men of the present and of the future.
Polygamists are difficult to prosecute because many only seek marriage licenses for their first marriage, while the other marriages are secretly conducted in private ceremonies.
