# lavender marriage

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A heterosexual marriage of convenience entered into in the hope of concealing the homosexual sexual orientation of one or both of the spouses.

## Etymology
From lavender (“gay, homosexual”) + marriage.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lavender-marriage