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Definition of Polyandrist
1. Noun. A woman with two or more husbands.
Definition of Polyandrist
1. Noun. A woman who practices polyandry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyandrist
Literary usage of Polyandrist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"And how should ehe, since Fancy's self is effete ; and her elder Bieter, Imagination,
once so prolific in her loveliness, a polyandrist with all her ..."
2. Dramatic Opinions and Essays: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... who was captain to Nelson, who committed adultery with Lady Hamilton, who was
notoriously a polyandrist. And what is her verdict on Lady Hamilton? ..."
3. Political Science: Or, The State Theoretically and Practically Considered by Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1877)
"... now a very small polyandrist tribe, infanticide of female children has been
common. As the application of the names of father, brother, etc., ..."
4. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1884)
"Their women are enormous ; And as they themselves inform us, Are in matrimonial
matters Quite the wonder of the sex. polyandrist ia each lady ;' and being ..."
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