bride

¹ American  

[brahyd] / braɪd /

noun

1. a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.

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bride ² American  

[brahyd, breed] / braɪd, brid /

noun

1. 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.

2. an ornamental bonnet string.

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Bride ³ American  

[brahyd] / braɪd /

noun

1. Saint. Brigid, Saint.

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Bride ¹ British  

/ braɪd /

noun

1. See Bridget

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bride ² British  

/ braɪd /

noun

1. a woman who has just been or is about to be married

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bride ³ British  

/ braɪd /

noun

1. Also called: bar.  lacemaking needlework a thread or loop that joins parts of a pattern

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bride Idioms  

1. see give away (the bride).

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Other Word Forms

• brideless adjective
• bridelike adjective

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; bridle

Example Sentences

De Angelis and Waltz are also a hoot together, she as a heaving, hissing vampire bride who can’t stop licking her chops, he as a bone-dry vampire hunter dedicated to his investigation.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the mansion’s signature characters is, aptly, a tortured bride.

From Los Angeles Times

Even “Four Weddings,” in which brides rated one another’s ceremonies on food, dresses and décor, now feels like a kind of collective fever dream.

From Salon

He met his wife, Rebecca, at a wedding in 1992 that he attended as a friend’s plus one, irking her by interrupting her conversation with the bride.

From The Wall Street Journal

But behind the scenes this 27-year-old bride was dealing with terminal illness, made more stressful by a pensions struggle with her former employer.

From BBC

Related Words

• bride-to-be
• newlywed