Definitions for mesalliances

mesalliances mé·sal·li·ance

Spelling: [mey-zuh-lahy-uh ns, mey-zal-ee- Mesalliances is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

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Definitions for mesalliances

noun

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

Origin of mesalliances

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

Examples for mesalliances

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

You were deeply grieved over the mesalliance of Miss Lamotte?

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

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

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.

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.

After that mesalliance her father never would see her again.

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

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