bride
noun
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
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bride
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[brahyd]
/ braɪd /
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bride
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[brahyd, br eed]
/ braɪd, brid /
noun
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Also called bar, leg, tie. a connection consisting of a thread or a number of threads for joining various solid parts of a design in needlepoint lace.
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an ornamental bonnet string.
Bride
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[brahyd]
/ braɪd /
noun
Bride
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/ braɪd /
noun
bride
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British
/ braɪd /
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bride
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/ braɪd /
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bride
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Etymology
Origin of bride1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English brȳd; cognate with Dutch bruid, German Braut, Old Norse brūthr, Gothic brūths
Origin of bride2
1865–70; < French: bonnet-string, bridle, Old French < Germanic; see bridle
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If a wedding invitation omits the dress code, one golden rule remains: Don’t outshine the bride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“At a wedding, the bride should be the center of attention,” Khandheria said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The ceremony, per tabloid reporting, was interminable, with both bride and groom delivering a 20-minute set of vows.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
"The bride and groom's wedding ceremony looks have been created by Christian Dior Haute Couture," Swift's spokeswoman revealed on Friday.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Yet, she met respectable friends in Rochester, and grew from a child bride into a competent woman.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
As a director, his output included classic films like 1984's rock music mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap," fantasy gem "The Princess Bride" from 1987, and seminal coming-of-age movie "Stand By Me."
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Meanwhile, Rebel Wilson won worst actress for "her not-quite-believable performance as an action hero in Bride Hard with weaponised curling irons".
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
The jokey yet outraged “The Bride!,” which is written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, is a semi-spoof of James Whale’s 1935 sequel, “The Bride of Frankenstein,” often called the greatest of all 1930s monster movies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
No Bride of Haarlem tree filled the air with fragrance; only the stump had been too big to haul off for firewood.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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