trigamistn.
/ˈtrɪɡəmɪst/, U.S. /ˈtrɪɡəməst/ †One who has been married three times (obsolete); now, one who has three wives or husbands at the same time. Cf. bigamist n. Also attributive.
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trigamist1854
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Trigamist,..he that hath had three wives.
1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 316 We could have spared..the memorials of the trigamist Doctor.
1895 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 7/2 Collis being already a bigamist or trigamist.
1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 266 The Church would not permit me to baptize a trigamist, and the chief would not part with either of his wives.
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