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n. - A woman with two or more husbands.

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  • Shameless polyandrist, she maintains several consorts — from three to five seems to be the average number — and they, semi-transparent, feeble, meek, subdued little...
  • The 32-year old actress will play a polyandrist in her forthcoming film Housefull which co-stars Ritesh Deshmukh and Akshay Kumar as her two husbands.
  • The 32-year old actress will play a polyandrist in her forthcoming film Housefull which co-stars Ritesh Dekhmukh and Akshay Kumar as her two husbands.
  • There this so sweet maid is a polyandrist, and me, with my poor wife dead to me, but alive by Church's law, though no wits, all gone -- even I, who am faithful husband...
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