marriageable
Americanadjective
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suitable or attractive for marriage.
The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
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of an age suitable for marriage.
a marriageable daughter.
adjective
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Origin of marriageable
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When there aren’t marriageable or even dateable men around, fewer women marry and have children, a dynamic that has been particularly pronounced in America’s working class.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
In India, the legal marriageable age is 21 for men and 18 for women.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
Once Rhaenyra becomes marriageable, Viserys fields a plethora of suitors for her hand.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
"We can learn from Sri Lanka, which increased the marriageable age for girls, or from Bangladesh and Vietnam, which enabled a basket of non-permanent contraceptives to reach women on their doorstep."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2021
And yet she could see her two daughters, two spinsters beyond the marriageable age; they were at least twenty-five.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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