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child bride

American  

noun

  1. a very young bride.


Etymology

Origin of child bride

First recorded in 1835–45


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Afghan child bride is now a top bodybuilder.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2025

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

Arguably the most impressively versatile actor in Latin America today, Alfredo Castro plays Pedro, a photographer for hire entrusted with preserving the image of a child bride on one of his plates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2021

A former child bride, married at 12, she is a vocal advocate of women’s rights.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 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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