Usually means: Marriage to multiple partners simultaneously.
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We found 51 dictionaries that define the word polygamy:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. polygamy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. polygamy: Merriam-Webster
  3. polygamy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. polygamy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. polygamy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Polygamy, polygamy: Wordnik
  7. polygamy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. polygamy: Wiktionary
  9. polygamy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. polygamy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. polygamy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. polygamy: Dictionary.com
  13. polygamy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. polygamy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Polygamy (horse), Polygamy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Polygamy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. polygamy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. polygamy: Rhymezone
  19. polygamy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. polygamy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. polygamy: FreeDictionary.org
  22. polygamy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. polygamy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. polygamy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. polygamy: Vocabulary.com

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. polygamy: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. polygamy: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. polygamy: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Polygamy: Legal dictionary
  9. polygamy: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polygamy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. polygamy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. polygamy: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)
  3. polygamy: Wordcraft Dictionary

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Polygamy: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dictionary of anthropology (No longer online)
  2. Bird On! (No longer online)
  3. Dictionary of anthropology (No longer online)
  4. polygamy: Anthropological Terms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polygamy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See polygamist as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
noun:  (often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”)
noun:  (zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.
noun:  (botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.

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