married
joined in matrimony
How often you will meet it
Rank 616 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 31,182 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- joined in matrimony a married mana married couple
- of or relating to the state of marriage also: marital, matrimonial marital statusmarital fidelity
noun
- a person who is married we invited several young marrieds
married in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And when they do come to be married, poor lambs!
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Numbers of knights have so left the Order and have married and perpetuated their name.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Their country-place, Styles Court, had been purchased by Mr. Cavendish early in their married life.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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She was a Honeycutt and she had married one Hawn, and there had been much trouble.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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You never did, the first year after we married, till I went to work like the others.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1