(1) His own childhood was less happy - his father was a bigamist who fled to Canada, while his mother died when he was just 16.
Polygamist
Definition:
(a.) One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Zuma, 70, is a Zulu polygamist who has married six times, and has four current wives and 21 children.
(2) A traditional Zulu polygamist with four wives and around 20 children, Zuma has a history of making controversial remarks about gender and sexuality.
(3) Malema has tried to land any punch on Zuma that he can, including the president's private life: he is a traditional Zulu polygamist with four wives and 21 children.
(4) Two armed “polygamist women” dressed like “ninjas” were subdued by a sword-wielding man during a home invasion, according to police in suburban Utah.
(5) For example, 1) those in polygamous unions had much earlier ages at 1st marital cohabitation, except those aged 25-34; 2) women aged 25-34 were much more likely to be employed, have husbands present, and not to have used contraception if they were married to polygamists; and 3) the percentage of wives married more than once was far greater for wives of polygamists.
(6) A traditional Zulu polygamist, Zuma did not say which of the four wives he had at the time was the victim.
(7) South Africa was the first African country to legalise gay marriage but Zuma, a traditional Zulu polygamist, has been criticised for culturally fundamentalist remarks and failing to condemn anti-gay crackdowns in Nigeria and Uganda.