war bride

American  

noun

1. a woman who marries a serviceman about to go overseas in wartime.

2. a woman who marries a foreign serviceman and goes to live in his country.

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war bride British  

noun

1. a soldier's bride met as a result of troop movements in wartime, esp a foreign national

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Etymology

Origin of war bride

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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war bride

Her mother, Setsuko Takechi, a Japanese war bride like the five characters in “Tea,” gathered for tea once a month with her Japanese friends.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022

No war bride I’ve interviewed felt she could go back to Japan.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2016

A French war bride still lives there, and another British one lives in a nursing home in Oxford, she said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2015

Directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring John Ericson and Pier Angeli, “Teresa” told the story of an American G.I. who returns home with his Italian war bride, and his painful adjustment to civilian life.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2015

A creature of moods and tempers, beautiful, headstrong, believing herself a war bride, she vowed never to marry again.

From Girl Alone by Austin, Anne