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mésalliance
[ mey-zuh-lahy-uhns, mey-zal-ee-uhns; French mey-zal-yahns ]
noun
, plural mé·sal·li·anc·es [mey-z, uh, -, lahy, -, uh, n-siz, mey-, zal, -ee-, uh, n-siz, mey-z, a, l-, yahns].
- a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
mésalliance
/ mezaljɑ̃s; mɛˈzælɪəns /
noun
- marriage with a person of lower social status
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mésalliance1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mésalliance1
C18: from French: misalliance
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Example Sentences
You were deeply grieved over the mesalliance of Miss Lamotte?
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No matter to him what horrors they suffered, he considered it all but a just punishment for their attempted mesalliance.
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The marriage of convenience is much used in plays of this type, too, as well as the mesalliance that afterward turns out well.
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The virtuous woman then saw, when it was too late, that it was she who had formed a mesalliance.
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She had married beneath her, had Mrs. Fleming, and the Belmanoirs had never quite forgiven the shocking mesalliance.
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