marry-in

See also: marryin' and marry in

English

Etymology

• (genetics): From the verb to marry in.
• (protest): From marry + -in.

Noun

marry-in (plural marry-ins)

1. (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.
2. A protest where many people marry, as in protest of a law that forbids such marriages.