Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as misalliance.
Wiktionary
- n. Marriage with a person of inferior social position.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a marriage with a person of inferior social status
Etymologies
- French més- ("bad") + alliance ("alliance"). (Wiktionary)
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Incorrectum
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whichbe Mistaken marriage; marriage into lower social class. (From Luciferous Logolepsy) Jul 4, 2008