bigamist

C2 Topic:Crime & Justice
US /ˈbɪɡ.ə.mɪst/ UK /ˈbɪɡ.ə.mɪst/
noun Freq #49077

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who marries someone while still legally married to another person

    The court convicted the bigamist after discovering two valid marriage certificates.

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Related forms bigamybigamousmarriage

Etymology

Formed from bigamy + -ist. Bigamy came through French and Latin from Late Latin bigamia, ultimately combining Latin bi- ("two") with Greek gamos ("marriage").

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