Polyandry

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polyandry \Pol`y*an"dry\, n. [Poly- + Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man,
     male: cf. F. polyandrie.]
     The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the
     same time; -- contrasted with {monandry}.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: In law, this falls under the head of polygamy.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  polyandry
       n : having more than one husband at a time

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "polyandry":
     beena marriage, bigamy, common-law marriage, companionate marriage,
     concubinage, deuterogamy, left-handed marriage, levirate,
     leviration, love match, marriage of convenience, monandry,
     monogamy, monogyny, morganatic marriage, picture marriage,
     polygamy, polygyny, trial marriage, trigamy
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  POLYANDRY. The state of a woman who has several husbands. 
       2. Polyandry is legalized only in Tibet. This is inconsistent with the 
  law of nature. Vide Law of Nature.