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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marry-in

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
mar-ry-in
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who is on a family tree because he has married someone on the tree, and is not related by blood to anyone on the tree except his own descendants.

noun

A protest where many people marry, as in protest of a law that forbids such marriages.

Etymology

* (genetics): Deverbal from marry in. * (protest): From marry + -in.

Inflected Forms

marry-ins (plural)

Questions

What does marry-in mean?
A person who is on a family tree because he has married someone on the tree, and is not related by blood to anyone on the tree except his own descendants.
Where does marry-in come from?
* (genetics): Deverbal from marry in. * (protest): From marry + -in.

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