married

American  

[mar-eed] / ˈmær id /

adjective

1. united in wedlock; wedded.

   married couples.

2. of or relating to marriage or married persons; connubial; conjugal.

   married happiness.

3. (of an antique) created from components of two or more authentic pieces.

4. interconnected or joined; united.

5. (of a family name) acquired through marriage.

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noun

1. Usually marrieds. married couples or married people.

   young marrieds moving into their first home.

married British  

/ ˈmærɪd /

adjective

1. having a husband or wife

2. joined in marriage

   a married couple

3. of or involving marriage or married persons

4. closely or intimately united

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noun

1. (usually plural) a married person (esp in the phrase young marrieds )

Other Word Forms

• marriedly adverb
• unmarried adjective
• well-married adjective

Etymology

Origin of married

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; marry ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Events will show the cultural links between the countries, including a sleigh designed in 1845 by the German-born Prince Albert, who was married to Queen Victoria.

From BBC

There his mother met and married an Englishman, a Major Kenneth Stoppard, before moving to England.

From BBC

His mother later married a British officer and the family relocated to England, where young Stoppard took his stepfather’s surname and “put on Englishness like a coat,” he later said.

From Los Angeles Times

Then she married British Army Major Kenneth Stoppard, who gave the family a new surname and moved them to England in 1946.

From The Wall Street Journal

There his mother met and married an Englishman, a Major Stoppard.

From BBC