noun a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
Origin of bride 1 before 1000; Middle English; Old English brȳd; cognate with Dutch bruid, German Braut, Old Norse brūthr, Gothic brūths
Related forms bride·less , adjective bride·like , adjective 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.
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Origin of bride 2 1865–70; <
French: bonnet-string, bridle,
Old French <
Germanic; see
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Examples from the Web for bride Contemporary Examples of bride When she arrived, she saw that Little Snow White was the bride .
He became paranoid that his bride would be kidnapped, and told her to never go to the same place twice.
Women threw rice on peshmerga fighters, a tradition practiced at Syrian weddings when neighbors welcome the bride and groom.
And one daughter said “princesses” and the other said “bride .”
Princess Charlene of Monaco, the athletic, South African bride of Prince Albert, is also with child.
Historical Examples of bride You haven't seen the bride 's table in the tent yet, have you, Hippy?
There was no lessening of the bride 's composure as she replied, with a little shrug.
"No," the bride replied, and there was determination in the monosyllable.
Since then, he had striven to obtain another interview with his bride , but she had refused him.
No well-regulated Thames inn can exist a week without a bride and groom.
British Dictionary definitions for bride noun a woman who has just been or is about to be married
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Word Origin for bride Old English brӯd ; related to Old Norse brūthr , Gothic brūths daughter-in-law, Old High German brūt
noun lacemaking needlework a thread or loop that joins parts of a pattern Also called: bar
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Word Origin for bride C19: from French, literally: bridle , probably of Germanic origin
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Word Origin and History for bride n. Old English bryd "bride, betrothed or newly married woman," from Proto-Germanic *bruthiz "woman being married" (cf. Old Frisian breid , Dutch bruid , Old High German brut , German Braut "bride"). Gothic cognate bruþs , however, meant "daughter-in-law," and the form of the word borrowed from Old High German into Medieval Latin (bruta ) and Old French (bruy ) had only this sense. In ancient Indo-European custom, the married woman went to live with her husband's family, so the only "newly wed female" in such a household would have been the daughter-in-law. On the same notion, some trace the word itself to the PIE verbal root *bru- "to cook, brew, make broth," as this likely was the daughter-in-law's job.
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Idioms and Phrases with bride see give away (the bride).
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