English Explanatory Dictionary

marry-in

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who is on a family tree because he has married someone on the tree, and is not related by blood to anyone on the tree except his own descendants.
  2. A protest where many people marry, as in protest of a law that forbids such marriages.

Word forms

marry-in marry-ins

Etymology

* (genetics): Deverbal from marry in. * (protest): From marry + -in.

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