marriageable

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In India, the legal marriageable age is 21 for men and 18 for women.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2023

Once Rhaenyra becomes marriageable, Viserys fields a plethora of suitors for her hand.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022

"We can learn from Sri Lanka, which increased the marriageable age for girls, or from Bangladesh and Vietnam, which enabled a basket of non-permanent contraceptives to reach women on their doorstep."

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2021

Sense and Sensibility South Coast Repertory’s 55th season opens with a delicious stage adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen novel about two marriageable sisters governed, respectively, by the head and by the heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2018

If a marriageable son belonged to the family where she boarded a proposal was automatic; if there was more than one claimant, vicious fights occurred over her hand.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck