intermarry

verb

in·​ter·​mar·​ry ˌin-tər-ˈmer-ē 

-ˈma-rē

intermarried; intermarrying; intermarries

intransitive verb

1

a

: to marry each other

b

: to marry within a group

2

: to become connected by intermarriage

Examples of intermarry in a Sentence

The settlers and the native people seldom intermarried.

Recent Examples on the Web

These individuals were poorer and intermarried within their own refugee community. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

James Hutzler, his great-grandson (the families had intermarried) had opened the newest Hutzler store. — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2026

And the people who got trapped behind—and who are now the impoverished mass of the remaining Cuban population—are the descendants of the slave population, or those who intermarried with the slave population. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

People were coming from all over the world, really, and staying there and kind of setting up homes, intermarrying, um, the Peranakan culture are the Chinese who emigrated or migrated there, who married into indigenous Malay families and has become a whole new kind of culture. — AFAR Media, 30 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for intermarry

• carry
• marey
• scarry
• denarii

Kids Definition

intermarry

verb

in·​ter·​mar·​ry ˌint-ər-ˈmar-ē 

1

: to marry each other

2

: to become connected by intermarriage