Explore Polygamist through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like spouse or partner. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Polygamist meaning
One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.
Using Polygamist
- The main meaning on this page is: One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.
- Useful related words include: spouse, partner, married person, mate.
Context around Polygamist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Polygamist
- In this selection, "polygamist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, proud, cranky, famous, brigham, flock and churches stand out and add context to how "polygamist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a proud polygamist and and a polygamist wrote vocally. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "polygamist" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with polygamist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Instead, he wanted to add a second wife and remain married to May as "a proud polygamist". (17 words)
In accordance with Zulu traditions and South African laws, Zuma is polygamist and currently married to four wives. (18 words)
Janelle unloaded on him while the cameras rolled, and Meri seemed exhausted whenever she was around the cranky polygamist. (19 words)
Until the church's rapid growth after World War II, it had been seen in the eyes of the general public as a backward, non- or vaguely Christian polygamist cult in Utah an image that interfered with proselyting efforts. (39 words)
T. B. H. Stenhouse, former Utah Mormon polygamist, Mormon missionary for thirteen years and a Salt Lake City newspaper owner, finally left Utah and wrote The Rocky Mountain Saints. (29 words)
The Act also vacated the Utah territorial government, created an independent committee to oversee elections to prevent Mormon influence, and disenfranchised any former or present polygamist. (26 words)
And what about the Western world’s most famous polygamist, Brigham Young, who was sealed to more than 50 women? (20 words)
Example sentences (10)
Instead, he wanted to add a second wife and remain married to May as "a proud polygamist".
Janelle unloaded on him while the cameras rolled, and Meri seemed exhausted whenever she was around the cranky polygamist.
And what about the Western world’s most famous polygamist, Brigham Young, who was sealed to more than 50 women?
In accordance with Zulu traditions and South African laws, Zuma is polygamist and currently married to four wives.
Swift and dramatic - in the later years springing Warren Jeffs from prison and returning him to Colorado City, where his breakaway polygamist flock awaited.
Polygamist churches of Mormon origin are often referred to as " Mormon fundamentalist " even though they are not a part of the LDS Church.
T. B. H. Stenhouse, former Utah Mormon polygamist, Mormon missionary for thirteen years and a Salt Lake City newspaper owner, finally left Utah and wrote The Rocky Mountain Saints.
The Act also vacated the Utah territorial government, created an independent committee to oversee elections to prevent Mormon influence, and disenfranchised any former or present polygamist.
Until the church's rapid growth after World War II, it had been seen in the eyes of the general public as a backward, non- or vaguely Christian polygamist cult in Utah an image that interfered with proselyting efforts.
Wells, who was both a feminist and a polygamist, wrote vocally in favor of a woman's role in the political process and public discourse.