intermarry

[ in-ter-mar-ee ]

verb (used without object)

, in·ter·mar·ried, in·ter·mar·ry·ing.

1. to become connected by marriage, as two families, tribes, castes, or religions.
2. to marry within one's family.
3. to marry outside one's religion, ethnic group, etc.
4. to marry.

intermarry

/ ˌɪntəˈmærɪ /

verb

1. (of different groups, races, religions, creeds, etc) to become connected by marriage
2. to marry within one's own family, clan, group, etc

Derived Forms

• ˌinterˈmarriage, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of intermarry¹

First recorded in 1565–75; inter- + marry ¹

Example Sentences

In both countries, Indigenous children were encouraged to intermarry with other communities when they grew up — and were at times even paid if they did so.

From Ozy

Everyone understood that people of different races could intermarry, in principle.

From The Daily Beast

The subtext is that each of us is responsible for all of us, and if we intermarry, we risk disappearing completely.

From The Daily Beast

It is impossible for a person of one caste to be received into another, or to intermarry with any one belonging to it.

From Project Gutenberg

Kinsmen were required to intermarry, and in case of refusal the near relative was treated with the utmost public indignity.

From Project Gutenberg

The Jews never intermarry with other races and form a distinct society of their own.

From Project Gutenberg

Neither did they always intermarry, though they do now; their offspring being called Mookh, or descendants.

From Project Gutenberg

Persons of even the remotest degree of relationship are forbidden to intermarry.

From Project Gutenberg