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royal marriage

American  

noun

Cards.
  1. a meld of the king and queen of trumps, as in pinochle.


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“Queen Charlotte” shows how the racially integrated world of “Bridgerton” came to be — through a mixed-race royal marriage and the extension of titles to Black aristocracy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2023

The whole process was an education for myself about the nature of the royal family, the nature of the royal marriage, what Diana felt about her childhood, her school days.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2022

The question prompted two MPs from Mr Rutte's own liberal VVD party to ask whether current restrictions on royal marriage met with the "norms and values of 2021".

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2021

None of the ceremonies that usually accompany a royal marriage will take place, and the princess will forgo a one-off payment of a million dollars to which she is entitled, media reports have said.

From Reuters • Oct. 1, 2021

Alliance through royal marriage was as common in eleventh-century Mixteca as it was in seventeenth-century Europe.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann