marriageable
Collocations
3ADJ.
all, young
VERB + MARRIAGEABLE
reached
MARRIAGEABLE + NOUN
heiresses, man
Definitions
adj
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
One who is suitable for marriage.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — of girls or women who are eligible to marry
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5Marry 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
WiktionaryMy daughter has reached a marriageable age.
Tatoeba · #65507A person is a bachelor if and only if that person is a marriageable man who has never married.
Tatoeba · #1477301Skura is a young woman of marriageable age.
Tatoeba · #9828765Does Yanni have any daughters of marriageable age?
Tatoeba · #9828767