(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:08:25

He*tair"ism (?), Het"a*rism (?), n. [Gr. a companion, a concubine, fem. of a comrade.]

A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common.

H. Spencer. -- Het`a*ris"tic (#), a.

 

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