intermarry

American  

[in-ter-mar-ee] / ˌɪn tərˈmær i /

verb (used without object)

intermarried, intermarrying

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.

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intermarry British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• intermarriage noun

Etymology

Origin of intermarry

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

Example Sentences

Arriving Chinese immigrants and tourists are also attracted by the neighborhood’s less expensive hotels, apartments and offices, enabling them to do business, intermarry and study — conveniently near the Chinese Embassy.

From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2023

They did not intermarry much and kept to themselves.

From Science Magazine • May 17, 2018

They are bound forever to help one another in any way they can - but never to intermarry.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2013

The researchers said that over time, as the Bunches continued to intermarry, they became prominent landowners in colonial Virginia and were known as white.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2012

Did the last Greenland Norse starve to death, attempt to sail off, intermarry with Eskimos, or succumb to disease or Eskimo arrows?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond