bride
noun
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
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bride
1 American
[brahyd]
/ braɪd /
noun
bride
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American
[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
3
American
[brahyd]
/ braɪd /
noun
Bride
1
British
/ braɪd /
noun
bride
2
British
/ braɪd /
noun
bride
3
British
/ braɪd /
noun
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
Example Sentences
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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
A bride wed in a dressing gown, slippers and hair rollers so her new husband could see how married life was going to be.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The groom wore a bespoke mallard green suit and ornate bolo tie for the ceremony, per Vogue, while the bride rocked some 5-inch Louboutin heels under her Oscar de la Renta gown.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
During the song, her dancers covered her with white gloved hands, transforming her into the Venus De Milo, then a bride, and eventually an angel.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
So I went in, thinking of a bride going into Bluebeard's chamber after being told not to.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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