trigamous

/traɪˈɡæməs/

Definitions

1. adjective

Having three husbands or wives, in the sense of polyandry or polygyny.

“The anthropologist studied a community that practiced trigamous marriage, with one woman having three husbands.”

2. noun

A three-husband or three-wife marriage.

“The researcher documented several instances of trigamy in her ethnographic study.”

Synonyms

  • polyandrous
  • polygynous
  • trigamous marriage

Antonyms

  • monandrous
  • monogamous