Both Uses of
alliance
in
The Importance of Being Earnest
- You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter—a girl brought up with the utmost care—to marry into a cloak-room, and form an alliance with a parcel?†
Act 1 *
- The moment you consent to my marriage with Gwendolen, I will most gladly allow your nephew to form an alliance with my ward.†
Act 3
Definition:
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(alliance) an association formed to support common interests