bride
noun
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
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bride
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[brahyd]
/ braɪd /
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bride
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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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British
/ braɪd /
noun
bride
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British
/ braɪd /
noun
bride
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British
/ 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
Example Sentences
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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
Johnny, 34, says he and his wife Lottie contribute between £250 and £400 depending on how close they are to the bride and groom and what they can afford at the time.
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
Parishes became a circuit of women’s clubs that invited a man to picture himself a bride rather than a soldier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
“The girl must be given to the brother of Goré Mtoko as a junior wife. As you know, she will really be the bride of the ngozi, and her first son will bear his name.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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
Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
It took more than 50 years, but we’ve finally gotten a successor to Mel Brooks’s “Young Frankenstein” that focuses on the Bride of F. There’s even another formal-wear rendition of “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
I chose one about the Bride of Haarlem tree—she would be in full bloom now.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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