bride
noun
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
Showing results for bride.
Search instead for
Bridl.
Jump To:
bride
1 American
[brahyd]
/ braɪd /
noun
bride
2
American
[brahyd, br eed]
/ braɪd, brid /
noun
-
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.
-
an ornamental bonnet string.
Bride
3
American
[brahyd]
/ braɪd /
noun
Bride
1
British
/ braɪd /
noun
bride
2
British
/ braɪd /
noun
bride
3
British
/ braɪd /
noun
bride
Idioms
Other Word Forms
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
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Callum was spotted wearing a navy suit as his bride donned a custom Schiaparelli skirt suit, white gloves and a wide-brimmed hat, according to the Daily Mail.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Photographs from their wedding day show the happy bride and groom posing for pictures.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Of course, some men have always cared about wedding details and gotten at least as involved as the bride.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Last summer, rumors swirled that Jeff Bezos was toying with buying Vogue, and possibly Condé Nast, for his bride as a wedding present.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
I was a bride of only a week when I first followed it to look for a suitable place for my washing.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
