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Definition of Marriage proposal
1. Noun. An offer of marriage.
Specialized synonyms: Question
Generic synonyms: Offer, Offering
Derivative terms: Propose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marriage Proposal
Literary usage of Marriage proposal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"marriage proposal to the Old Maid, and her Reply. Kensington, Nov. 2. AJ, Nov.
14.—Friend AFP, Yours of Saturday last, I read, and do much commiserate the ..."
2. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"A marriage proposal for Henry VI. Vicissitudes of the war in Gas- cony. Severe winter.
HENRY VI. a confederate, had suggested that he ..."
3. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"A marriage proposal for Henry VI. Vicissitudes of the war in Gas- cony. Severe winter.
a confederate, had suggested that he might offer the hand of one of ..."
4. Memoires of the Comtesse de Boigne edited by Charles Nicoullaud (1908)
"... de Rigny—Resignation of M. de Chateaubriand—marriage proposal for the Princesse
Louise d'Orle"ans—Illness of the ..."
5. Memoires of the Comtesse de Boigne by Charles Nicoullaud (1908)
"... Ministry—General outcry against the Polignac Ministry—Refusal of Admiral de
Rigny—Resignation of M. de Chateaubriand—marriage proposal for the Princesse ..."
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