marry-in English

Meaning marry-in meaning

What does marry-in mean?

marry-in noun

— (genetics) A person who is on a family tree because he has married someone on the tree, and is not related by blood to anyone on the tree except his own descendants.

— A protest where many people marry, as in protest of a law that forbids such marriages.

marry-in verb

— To join a family or group through marriage.

— To marry someone of the same religious or ethnic group.