one-wifer

Updated: June 17, 2025

Perhaps also he unconsciously recognizes the sentiment ascribed to Mohammed, "Laysa bi-zanyatin ilia bi zani," "there is no adulteress without an adulterer," meaning that the husband has set the example. Polygamy is, of course, the order of the day; it is a necessity to the men, and even the women disdain to marry a "one-wifer."

Sir Richard Francis Burton - Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1