polyandry
📖 Definitions
noun
The practice of having multiple husbands or male mates at the same time.
💬 Usage Examples
“The better parts of the culture had to be preserved. That included, for [Tashi Tsering], the practice of polyandry, by which his mother had slept contentedly with two brothers, one upstairs and one down, and he had never cared which man his father was.” Between Two Worlds; The Economist (London, UK); Dec 20, 2014.