(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:12:40

Mis`al*li"ance (?), n. [F. m'esalliance.]

A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.

A Leigh had made a misalliance, and blushed A Howard should know it. Mrs. Browning.

 

© Webster 1913.

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