wedding day
Americannoun
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the day of a wedding.
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the anniversary of a wedding.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of wedding day
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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A couple who went to see the American rapper Pitbull perform at a festival on their wedding day say their 15-hour celebrations were "a bit mad".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
On their wedding day the Buessings met up in the lobby of the historic New Yorker hotel, which is owned by the Unification Church.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Kelly’s fiancé, Emily Crimmins, is now thinking of Game 5 as an element of her wedding day akin to the weather: “It is out of my control.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Yet Fahmy’s favorite possession is deeply personal: a portrait of her on her wedding day, painted by her father, Walter Fahmy, who studied art in Egypt before coming to America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Mom says each of us has a veil between ourselves and the rest of the world, like a bride wears on her wedding day, except this kind of veil is invisible.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
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