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Definition of Mesalliance
1. Noun. A marriage with a person of inferior social status.
Definition of Mesalliance
1. Noun. Marriage with a person of inferior social position. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mesalliance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesalliance
Literary usage of Mesalliance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters by Fanny Kemble (1890)
"... in Mrs. S 's school; and my friend E considered her marrying him quite a
mesalliance. He had had perception enough, however, of her superiority to fall ..."
2. Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover by Doran (John) (1875)
"... hint by the Queen to Lady Charlotte Campbell—The Prince's pecuniary difficulties—The
Prince and affairs of the heart—mesalliance of the Duke of Sussex. ..."
3. English Songs: And Other Small Poems by Barry Cornwall (1851)
"mesalliance. A. You ask, why am I sad ? —• Give ear to me : — When I was young,
I was a fool, — and married. The girl I wed was like a bright June morning; ..."
4. God's Remnants: Stories of Israel Among the Nations by Samuel Gordon (1916)
"... A mesalliance MADE IS HEAVEN IT is sad for a man to find out rather late in
life that he has been following with more or less success — chiefly less ..."
5. Brimstone Bargains in the Marriage Market =: Or, the Traffic in Sex by F. G. Tyrrell (1904)
"mesalliance AN ASTOUNDING STORY SUPPRESSING A SENSATION AFTER THE WEDDING A LIVING
DEATH. "Well, Margaret, are you going to marry him? ..."
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