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big·a·my
(bĭg′ə-mē)n.
The criminal offense of marrying one person while still legally married to another.
[Middle English bigamie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bigamia, from Late Latin bigamus, twice married : Latin bi-, two; see bi-1 + Greek gamos, marriage; see -gamous.]
big′a·mist n.
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big•a•mist
(ˈbɪg ə mɪst)n.
a person who commits bigamy.
[1625–35]
big`a•mis′tic, adj.
big`a•mis′ti•cal•ly, adv.
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Noun | 1. | bigamist - someone who marries one person while already legally married to another |
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[ˈbɪgəmɪst] N → bígamo/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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n → Bigamist m
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[ˈbɪgəmɪst] n → bigamo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bigamy
(ˈbigəmi) noun marriage to two wives or two husbands at once (a crime in some countries). He's been charged with committing bigamy.
ˈbigamist nounˈbigamous adjective
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