Definition of Mésalliances

1. Noun. (plural of mésalliance cap=t) ¹

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Definition of Mésalliances

1. mesalliance [n] - See also: mesalliance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mésalliances

myxoviral
myxovirus
myxoviruses
mzee
mzees
mzungu
mzungus
mæander
mæanders
mænad
mænads
ménage à quatre
ménage à trois
ménages à trois
mésalliance
mésalliances (current term)
méthode champenoise
n
n'
n'est-ce pas
n't
n-acetylglucosaminyltransferases
n-acetylhexosaminyltransferases
n-acetyllactosamine synthase
n-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase
n-acetylneuraminic acid
n-acylamino acid
n-acylneuraminate cytidylyltransferase
n-adic
n-ary

Literary usage of Mésalliances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lives of the queens of England of the house of Hanover by John Doran (1855)
"... career—The soubriquet of the Butcher given him—Anecdotes of him—Marriage of Caroline Matilda —Her married life unhappy—Dr. Struensee—Mesalliances of the ..."

2. The Conventional Lies of Our Civilization by Max Simon Nordau (1884)
"Let us analyze the conditions under which these two kinds of mesalliances are usually contracted. A man of ancient lineage marries some wealthy plebeian in ..."

3. The French Revolution: Chapters from the Author's History of England During by William Edward Hartpole Lecky, Henry Eldridge Bourne (1904)
"Necker writes consanguinity la haute noblesse on the subject: ' Indiquons en- et les homines a grande fortune, core les mesalliances corn mo une la haute ..."

4. French and English: A Comparison by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1889)
"The rule against mesalliances in Class in jo England amounts to no more than this, that the parties to the marriage ought to belong to the same monde, ..."

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