maid of honour
Britishnoun
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the principal unmarried attendant of a bride Compare bridesmaid matron of honour
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a small tart with an almond-flavoured filling
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an unmarried lady attending a queen or princess
Example Sentences
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On Christmas Day, rugby star Meg Jones will be on a plane travelling to India, where she will be maid of honour at her best friend's wedding.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Lady Glenconner, who was a maid of honour at the Queen's coronation, said the show "just makes me so angry".
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2022
Princess Eugenie's sister Beatrice, 30, will be her maid of honour.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2018
The sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, Pippa Middleton first came to prominent media attention while acting as maid of honour when Catherine married Prince William.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2018
I was taken as maid of honour to this royal bride; her woman of the bedchamber was a von Steinling, who was thirty years of age.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag
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