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Polyandry   Listen
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Polyandry  n.  The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; contrasted with monandry. Note: In law, this falls under the head of polygamy.





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"Polyandry" Quotes from Famous Books



... Evidence of polyandry is found among the Duhoi. Eight years previous to my visit on the river Braui lived for six years a woman blian about thirty years old, who had three young husbands. She practised her profession and the husbands ...
— Through Central Borneo: - An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters - Between the Years 1913 and 1917 • Carl Lumholtz


Words linked to "Polyandry" :   polyandrous, polygamy


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