Harem vs. Polygamy

Haremnoun

The private part of an Arab household, traditionally forbidden to male strangers.

Haremnoun

A group of someone's girlfriends, wives and/or concubines in a polygamous household.

Haremnoun

A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals, sea lions, baboons, and elephant seals.

Haremnoun

(slang) Any significant number of women together as a group; a bevy.

Haremnoun

(uncountable) A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.

Haremnoun

The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.

Haremnoun

The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.

Haremnoun

living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household

Harem

Harem (Arabic: حريم‎ ḥarīm, ) properly refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. This private space has been traditionally understood as serving the purposes of maintaining the modesty, privilege, and seclusion of women from other men.

Polygamynoun

The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.

Polygamynoun

Specifically, polygyny, the marriage of a man to more than one wife, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time.

Polygamynoun

(zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate.

Polygamynoun

(botany) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.

Polygamynoun

The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; - opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry.

Polygamynoun

The state or habit of having more than one mate.

Polygamynoun

The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.

Polygamynoun

having more than one spouse at a time

Polygamy

Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, polygamía, ) is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at the same time, sociologists call this polygyny.