marriageable

adj 1noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Suitable for marriage; nubile.

Marry money, thought I to myself, who will he marry? then in my own mind I made a review of all the marriageable heiresses, and heiresses apparent, not only in Silveryville, but likewise, in a circuit several miles around it, and I could not find one among them all, who was not already engaged to be married to somebody else.

noun

1

One who is suitable for marriage.

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