Hypertext Webster Gateway: "polygyny"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Polygyny \Po*lyg"y*ny\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? woman, wife.]
The state or practice of having several wives at the same
time; marriage to several wives. --H. Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

polygyny
n : having more than one wife at a time [syn: {polygamy}]


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