Sekirov Dictionary

marry-in

noun 2
marry in verb 2
forms 4

noun2

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.
A protest where many people marry, as in protest of a law that forbids such marriages.

marry in verb2

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To join a family or group through marriage.
- Marriage patterns were likely exogamous to the band, with women marrying in as wives, and with daughters and sisters marrying out. — 1998
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To marry someone of the same religious or ethnic group.
- The single ancestry women have a 9 to 5 ratio of marrying in to marrying out; those of a mixed ancestry have a 5 to 8 ratio. — 1976

forms

married in · marrying in · marries in · marry-ins

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