monogamist
monogamist noun: a person who practices monogamy.
Noun
monogamist (plural monogamists)
- A person who practices monogamy.
- I maintained with Whiston, that it was unlawful for a priest of the church of England, after the death of his first wife, to take a second, or to express it in one word, I valued myself upon being a strict monogamist.1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 2, in The Vicar of Wakefield
- Suppose, for example, that if polygamy were legal, 10 percent of adult men would take an average of three wives apiece and that all remaining marriages would be monogamous. Among aspiring monogamists, there would then be nine men for every seven women.2006 March 16, Robert H. Frank, “Polygamy and the Marriage Market: Who Would Have the Upper Hand?”, in The New York Times
monogamist meaning in Tamil and Telugu
monogamist in Tamil
- ஏகதாரவிரதன்
monogamist in Telugu
- a monogamist, a man with one wife
- ఏకపత్నీవ్రతుడు ēkapatnīvratuḍu
Forms of monogamist
| plural | monogamists |
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Origin of monogamist
From monogamy + -ist.
Words formed from monogamist
Questions about monogamist
- What does monogamist mean?
- Monogamist means a person who practices monogamy.
- What is monogamist in Tamil?
- Monogamist in Tamil is ஏகதாரவிரதன். See Monogamist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is monogamist?
- Monogamist is a noun.
- What is the plural of monogamist?
- The plural of monogamist is monogamists.
Words near monogamist in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: monogamist (page history and authors); monogamist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఏకపత్నీవ్రతుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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