bigamist
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- bigamistic adjective
- bigamistically adverb
Etymology
Origin of bigamist
Example Sentences
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His lawyer also gave the court accounts of Mr Leissner's deceit, calling him a "double bigamist" for twice being married to two women at the same time.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2022
But a bigamist who is the subject of a revenge blog is enticing enough of a subject for the filmmakers actually participate in tracking him down.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2020
He had been living a double life for so long, he explains, that the ethical quandary of being a bigamist was not a stretch.
From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2017
The oldest case - that of bigamist Richard Scott - is from 1947.
From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2015
The man who might have been a bigamist, who might have had two sons perish as part of the Forty-Eighth.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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