child bride
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of child bride
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Afghan child bride is now a top bodybuilder.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025
It is hard to imagine that just 15 years ago, she was a teenage mother in Afghanistan, married off as a child bride, before she escaped to her new life.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
His protégé and former child bride, Aaliyah Haughton, who died in a plane crash at 22, was one of those victims.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2021
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
She reminded him of Sansa Stark, the child bride he had wed and lost.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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