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

To research the play, Houston traveled back to Kansas, where she and her mother interviewed dozens of Japanese war brides.

From Los Angeles Times

Some soldiers married Asian women and brought them home as war brides, while others primarily viewed Asian women as sexual objects.

From Salon

He left for the United States that December, and she followed a few months later on a Red Cross ship ferrying hundreds of Italian war brides.

From Washington Post

The following May, Nancy joined 2,000 “war brides” on the Queen Mary, headed to America.

From Seattle Times

Her ship, full of war brides, zig-zagged across the Atlantic to evade U-boats.

From BBC