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marriageable

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mar·riage·a·ble  (mr-j-bl)
adj.
Suitable for marriage: of marriageable age.

marriage·a·bili·ty, marriage·a·ble·ness n.

marriageable
Adjective
suitable for marriage, usually with reference to age
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.marriageable - of girls or women who are eligible to marry
mature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"


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Twenty years of age, a charming blonde, with blue eyes, milk-white complexion, and radiant with divine health, Mathilde Stangerson was one of the most beautiful marriageable girls in either the old or the new world.
Not improbably this circumstance wrought a very material change in the public estimation; and had the mother and child remained here, little Pearl at a marriageable period of life might have mingled her wild blood with the lineage of the devoutest Puritan among them all.
Yes; I am keeping them till my daughter is of marriageable age, and then I shall sell them.
 
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