trigamist
Definition
- Noun:
- Person with three spouses: A "trigamist" is a person who is married to three people simultaneously, typically in violation of laws that prohibit multiple marriage (bigamy or polygamy). This is a specific form of polygamy involving exactly three spouses.
Usage Examples
- (A person who has three wives at the same time.)
- (A person who has three husbands concurrently.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be a trigamist": to practice or be involved in trigamy.
- The religious leader was exposed as a trigamist, with three families in separate towns. (He maintained three simultaneous marriages.)
Variants and Related Words
Trigamy (n): the state or practice of being married to three people at the same time.
- Trigamy is illegal in most countries, as it violates marriage laws. (The condition of having three spouses.)
Trigamous (adj): relating to or involving three spouses.
- The trigamous arrangement was kept secret for years. (The marriage involving three people.)
Synonyms
- Polygamist: a person who has more than one spouse at a time (general term).
- Bigamist: a person who is married to two people at once (specifically two spouses).
Related Idioms
- Three-way marriage: informal term for a marriage involving three people, though not a standard legal term.
- Their three-way marriage was considered trigamous by the authorities. (A marriage with three participants.)
Phrasal Verbs
- Marry into trigamy: to enter into a trigamous marriage.
- He accidentally married into trigamy when his first wife refused to divorce him. (He became a trigamist unintentionally.)