bride
noun
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
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[brahyd]
/ braɪd /
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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 /
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bride
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/ 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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The ceremony, per tabloid reporting, was interminable, with both bride and groom delivering a 20-minute set of vows.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
And what any bride and groom hope for, a party atmosphere.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Ojomu said guests may choose "more daring looks than the average wedding guest", but would definitely know not to steal attention from the bride.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
She was, it seems, very much what she once wrote she hoped to be, in the poem “When Death Comes”: “a bride married to amazement.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
If it had not been for her foolish, mischievous talk about his bride she might have stayed on comfortably in Corinth.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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
She reimagines the Bride character with the same wild chaos and directorial scope that this movie swims in; the same initiative with which Shelley wrote her novel.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
What she presents is more like the world’s campiest cabaret act, with the Bride as a mashup of Katharine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis and maybe Natasha Lyonne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Which is how you have to think of me when I came upon The Princess Bride.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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