Polygyny vs. Harem

Polygynynoun

The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.

Polygynynoun

The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens.

Polygynynoun

The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.

Polygynynoun

having more than one wife at a time

Polygynynoun

polygamy in which a man has more than one wife.

Polygynynoun

a pattern of mating in which a male animal has more than one female mate.

Polygyny

Polygyny (; from Neoclassical Greek πολυγυνία from πολύ- poly- , and γυνή gyne or ) is the most common and accepted form of polygamy, entailing the marriage of a man with several women.

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.