child bride

American  

noun

1. a very young bride.

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Etymology

Origin of child bride

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Yet, she met respectable friends in Rochester, and grew from a child bride into a competent woman.

From Literature

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

Afghan child bride is now a top bodybuilder.

From MarketWatch

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

The same goes for “Child Bride,” a downcast and disturbing tale later reworked into the up-tempo guitar-pop tune “Working on the Highway.”

From The Wall Street Journal