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

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  1. n. A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.
  2. n. an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
  3. 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.
  4. A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; animproper alliance; a mesalliance.A Leigh had made a misalliance, and blushed A Howard should know it.Mrs. Browning.
  5. n. an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)