love match

American  

noun

1. a marriage entered into for love alone.

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love match British  

noun

1. a betrothal or marriage based on mutual love rather than any other considerations

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Etymology

Origin of love match

First recorded in 1740–50

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Example Sentences

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love match

Is life richer with a fortuneless love match, or with all the wealth in the world and a stable union devoid of romantic passion?

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

He’ll even dig up the grave of a suitable love match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

Initially awkward together, they gradually form an attachment informed by the trauma of the job, and their arranged union becomes a love match — albeit an unusually complicated one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

He’s also staging it at his Washington company, with an entirely different setting: a D.C. television newsroom, in which the passive-aggressive love match of Beatrice and Benedick is co-anchoring a telecast.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022

One child, Olive, a very beautiful girl, was the sole issue of this love match.

From Claimants to Royalty by John M. Ingram

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