child bride
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of child bride
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Nisha and Munna have an older sister who was married in 2020 at the age of 16, and their mother, Laali, was a child bride herself.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Afghan child bride is now a top bodybuilder.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025
“I was called the child bride, but I was the adult and Jerry was the child,” says Williams.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2022
A commission launched to investigate the case, also known as the "child bride case", concluded that the order was "clearly illegal".
From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2021
Yet, she met respectable friends in Rochester, and grew from a child bride into a competent woman.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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