bride

¹

[brahyd]

noun

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

bride

²

[brahyd, breed]

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.

Bride

³

[brahyd]

noun

1. Saint. Brigid, Saint.

Bride

¹

/ braɪd /

noun

1. See Bridget

bride

²

/ braɪd /

noun

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

bride

³

/ braɪd /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• brideless adjective
• bridelike adjective

Word History and Origins

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bride¹

Old English brӯd ; related to Old Norse brūthr , Gothic brūths daughter-in-law, Old High German brūt

Origin of bride²

C19: from French, literally: _bridle , probably of Germanic origin

Idioms and Phrases

see give away (the bride).

Example Sentences

When highly agitated, as she was now, Lord Fredrick’s young bride had a regrettable tendency to blow over anything in her path.

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Cohen says it’s “like a destination wedding where everyone loves the bride and groom.”

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Afghan child bride is now a top bodybuilder.

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It is hard to imagine that just 15 years ago, she was a teenage mother in Afghanistan, married off as a child bride, before she escaped to her new life.

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Fifty-six years ago today I was a nauseous pregnant bride in a Las Vegas roadside wedding chapel with Francis and eight members of our families.

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Related Words

• bride-to-be www.thesaurus.com
• newlywed