bride

¹ American  

[brahyd] / braɪd /

noun

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

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bride ² American  

[brahyd, breed] / braɪd, brid /

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.

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Bride ³ American  

[brahyd] / braɪd /

noun

1. Saint. Brigid, Saint.

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Bride ¹ British  

/ braɪd /

noun

1. See Bridget

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bride ² British  

/ braɪd /

noun

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

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bride ³ British  

/ braɪd /

noun

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

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bride Idioms  

1. see give away (the bride).

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Other Word Forms

• brideless adjective
• bridelike adjective

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; bridle

Example Sentences

It will be a completely new festive experience for her, and while she and the bride will spend time reminiscing about their childhoods in Cardiff, she admits a "dark cloud" hangs over her home city.

From BBC

Why this jumped out instead of that hanging bride sculpture or a signed dollar from Microsoft founder Bill Gates is hard to say.

From Salon

The trolls did not spare the bride either, with many suggesting she had married him "for his money".

From BBC

I’m going to be in a wedding this spring, and the bride wants all her bridesmaids to have dresses in different shades of green.

From MarketWatch

The bride and groom invited them onstage for photos.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• bride-to-be
• newlywed