mésalliance
a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
Origin of mésalliance
1Words that may be confused with mésalliance
- mésalliance , misalliance
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How to use mésalliance in a sentence
You were deeply grieved over the mesalliance of Miss Lamotte?
The Diamond Coterie | Lawrence L. LynchNo matter to him what horrors they suffered, he considered it all but a just punishment for their attempted mesalliance.
The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 | William A. CaruthersThe marriage of convenience is much used in plays of this type, too, as well as the mesalliance that afterward turns out well.
The Footlights Fore and Aft | Channing PollockThe virtuous woman then saw, when it was too late, that it was she who had formed a mesalliance.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume III (of 8) | Guy de MaupassantShe had married beneath her, had Mrs. Fleming, and the Belmanoirs had never quite forgiven the shocking mesalliance.
The Black Moth | Georgette Heyer
British Dictionary definitions for mésalliance
/ (mɛˈzælɪəns, French mezaljɑ̃s) /
marriage with a person of lower social status
Origin of mésalliance
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