Definition of "married" []

• Having a spouse: a married woman; a married man. (adjective)
• United in matrimony: a married couple. (adjective)
• Of or relating to the state of marriage: married bliss. (adjective)
• Acquired through marriage: her married name. (adjective)
• Closely connected; united. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "No, I am not the adopted son of lesbians, I have a biological mother who was married to my father, and I have a step-mother who was also married* to my father."
• "Mrs. Otway was coming back late to-night, and was to be married -- _married_, to-morrow morning in the Cathedral, to Major"
• "CONNOTATIVE words, those that suggest more than they say, have more power than ordinary words -- "She _let_ herself be married" expresses more than "She _married_.""