flower girl
Americannoun
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flower girls
plural
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a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
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British. a woman who sells flowers in the street.
noun
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a girl or woman who sells flowers in the street
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a young girl who carries flowers in a procession, esp at weddings
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Etymology
Origin of flower girl
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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Later this month, the world premiere of Kurtag's second opera "Die Stechardin" about the 18th-century love story of a German polymath and a flower girl will cap the centenary of his birth.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
There were even misty-eyed stories of how the last time the European Figure Skating Championships were held in Sheffield in 2012, Fear was a flower girl.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
At 11 years old, I was a flower girl at my cousin’s wedding in Calabasas.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025
When I was five, I was the flower girl at my Aunt Madeline's wedding at a Holiday Inn on Long Island.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2023
If Cecile cared where Fern put her period and if Papa’s lady friend was nice, or if Vonetta planned on being a flower girl, she didn’t mention it in her letter to me.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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