flower girl

American  

noun

1. a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.

2. British. a woman who sells flowers in the street.

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flower girl British  

noun

1. a girl or woman who sells flowers in the street

2. 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

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

At those championships, Fear was a flower girl and Gibson was a spectator.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

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

Fig, another Brussels Griffon, served as a flower girl.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022

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