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mesalliance

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mé·sal·li·ance  (m-zl-ns, mz-lyäs)
n.
A marriage with a person of inferior social position.
[French : més-, bad (from Old French mes-; see mis-1) + alliance, alliance (from Old French aliance; see alliance).]
mesalliance [mez-zal-ee-anss]
Noun
a marriage with a person of lower social status [French]
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Noun1.mesalliance - a marriage with a person of inferior social status
misalliance - an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
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the prince would no longer be making a mesalliance by marrying you," and Bilibin smoothed out his forehead.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Your opinion of this MESALLIANCE, honourable colleagues of the honourable member who has just sat down?
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
To a mesalliance of that kind every globule of my ancestral blood spoke in opposition.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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