Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A marriage with a person of inferior social position.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
misalliance .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.
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- noun
Marriage with a person of inferior social position.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a marriage with a person of inferior social status
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : més-, bad (from Old French mes-; see mis–) + alliance, alliance (from Old French aliance; see alliance).]
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French més- ("bad") + alliance ("alliance").
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whichbe commented on the word mésalliance
Mistaken marriage; marriage into lower social class. (From Luciferous Logolepsy)
July 4, 2008