child bride
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of child bride
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Afghan child bride is now a top bodybuilder.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025
A commission launched to investigate the case, also known as the "child bride case", concluded that the order was "clearly illegal".
From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2021
Arguably the most impressively versatile actor in Latin America today, Alfredo Castro plays Pedro, a photographer for hire entrusted with preserving the image of a child bride on one of his plates.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2021
A former child bride, married at 12, she is a vocal advocate of women’s rights.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2021
Yet, she met respectable friends in Rochester, and grew from a child bride into a competent woman.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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