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Bigamous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Involving bigamy.

adj. Guilty of bigamy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. involving bigamy

adj. guilty of bigamy

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to bigamy; guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy: as, a bigamous marriage.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first

Word Usage

"Agent reports flooded into bureau offices complaining that the freed men and women persisted in “the disgusting practice of living together as man and wife without proper marriage,” “living together and calling themselves man and wife as long as it conveniently suits them,” and maintaining bigamous or adulterous relationships."

Equivalent

polygamous

Same Context

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