war bride
Americannoun
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a woman who marries a serviceman about to go overseas in wartime.
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a woman who marries a foreign serviceman and goes to live in his country.
noun
Etymology
Origin of war bride
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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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
Her mother was a war bride in Brooklyn, pregnant with her first child, to be named Angelina.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 12, 2020
My grandmother was a war bride; she had found love during a time of conflict and followed her heart like a compass across the Atlantic in search of opportunity and a better life.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2016
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 Anne Austin
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