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Princeton's WordNet

  1. marriageable, nubileadjective

    of girls or women who are eligible to marry

Wiktionary

  1. marriageablenoun

    One who is suitable for marriage.

  2. marriageableadjective

    suitable for marriage; nubile

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Marriageableadjective

    Etymology: from marriage.

    Every wedding, one with another, produces four children, and consequently that is the proportion of children which any marriageable man or woman may be presumed shall have. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.

    I am the father of a young heiress, whom I begin to look upon as marriageable. Spect. №. 237.

    When the girls are twelve years old, which is the marriageable age, their parents take them home. Jonathan Swift.

    They led the vine
    To wed her elm; she spous’d about him twines
    Her marriageable arms, and with her brings
    Her dow’r, th’ adopted clusters to adorn
    His barren leaves. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. v.

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  1. marriageable

    Marriageable refers to a person who is considered suitable or eligible for marriage, often based on factors such as age, maturity, social status, economic stability, physical attractiveness, or personal values. It can also refer to a state or condition that is legally, socially, or culturally recognized as suitable for getting married.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Marriageableadjective

    fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of marriageable in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of marriageable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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