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

A Frenchman in postwar Europe poses as a war bride to avoid the red tape involved in emigrating to the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2020

Women married to career military men more easily found other Japanese war bride families to form friendships.

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

Mrs. Sutherland introduced her as "Our war bride," and told how Trooper had gone away at the first call of his country.

From In Orchard Glen by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller