Definitions for mesalliance

mesalliance mé·sal·li·ance

Spelling: [mey-zuh-lahy-uh ns, mey-zal-ee- Mesalliance is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

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Definitions for mesalliance

noun

  1. a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.

Origin of mesalliance

From French, dating back to 1775-85; See origin at mis-1, alliance

Examples for mesalliance

If he decides to marry into them, she can be of great use in saving him from a mesalliance.

If Mr. Stanhope is connected with the English Stanhopes, the mesalliance must be laid to his charge.

You were deeply grieved over the mesalliance of Miss Lamotte?

Bryce Denning is very angry at what he evidently considers his sister's mesalliance.

It was a mesalliance of a sort that pricked him tenderly; it savored grossly of bargain and sale.

After that mesalliance her father never would see her again.

Mrs. Pomfret did not wish to see Victoria make a mesalliance.

As it appears, he has made a mesalliance that he did not care to acknowledge.

An ancestress of ours made a mesalliance in the reign of your King John.

It seems a pity that a man of his position and attainments should stumble upon such a mesalliance.

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