ALL meanings of gretna green
Gret·na green
G g - noun gretna green a village in S Scotland, near the English border, to which many English couples formerly eloped to be married. 1
- noun gretna green Any town with liberal marriage laws, a place where couples elope. 0
- adjective gretna green (of a marriage) carried out quickly and secretively in a jurisdiction that is not the bride or groom's own. 0
- noun gretna green a village in S Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway on the border with England: famous smithy where eloping couples were married by the blacksmith from 1754 until 1940, when such marriages became illegal. Pop: 2705 (2001) 0
- noun gretna green border village in Scotland, where, formerly, many eloping English couples went to be married 0