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
Example Sentences
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Without men they see as marriageable, some working-class women have children alone; a growing number just aren’t having kids at all.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
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
Parmigianino’s intriguing painting of an unknown woman includes the hallmarks of a marriageable young woman: She is elegantly dressed, revealing a tasteful amount of unblemished skin.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
“Why do we feel that promoting marriage will solve the problem when there are so few marriageable men?” asked William Julius Wilson, professor of sociology and social policy at Harvard.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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