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shotgun marriage

noun

Etymology

From shotgun + marriage; compare shotgun wedding.

  1. derived from marītō — “marry”
  2. derived from mariage
  3. inherited from mariage
  4. compounded as shotgun marriage — “shotgun + marriage”

Definitions

  1. A marriage beginning with (or resulting from) a shotgun wedding.

    • Others explained that a forced marriage was likely to end in an early divorce, so that the child would suffer more in a shotgun marriage than if born out of wedlock.

  2. A shotgun wedding itself.

  3. Such marriages, or such weddings, taken collectively.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Used figuratively.

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