What is "mixed marriage"

Mixed \Mixed\, a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i.

Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action.

Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle.

Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin.

Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant.

Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together.

Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars.

Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance.

n. 1 Marriage between people of different socially-distinguished groups, such as different races, cultures or religions. 2 (context poker slang English) A king and a queen of different suits as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em (see marriage (poker slang)).

n. marriage of two people from different races or different religions or different cultures; "the families of both partners in a mixed marriage often disapprove"

Mixed marriage may refer to:

• Intermarriage
  • Consanguinity in marriage
  • Cultural assimilation
  • Cultural exogamy
• Interracial marriage
• Interethnic marriage
• Interreligious marriage, also called interfaith marriage
• Lavender marriage
• Marital conversion, religious conversion based on marriage
• Miscegenation
• Mixed-orientation marriage, marriage involving spouses who do not have the same sexual orientation
• Mixed Marriage (play), a 1911 play by St John Greer Ervine
• Transnational marriage

Mixed Marriage by St John Greer Ervine was written for the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, where it premiered in 1911.