war bride

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.

war bride

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of war bride¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

If she could not be a bird man, she could at least be a very happy war bride.

From Project Gutenberg

Beside her stood another war-bride of but a few more weeks' standing, young Mrs. Awdas.

From Project Gutenberg

Said she didn't want to be no war bride, that she could wait for me better if I didn't.

From Project Gutenberg

Proudly the war bride, ending so, Sank breathless in the dumb white snow.

From Project Gutenberg

But he had never loved—unless it might be, mildly, Concepcion, and Concepcion was now a war bride.

From Project Gutenberg