Bride

/braid/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A woman participant in her own marriage ceremony: A woman who is getting married or has just been married during the wedding ceremony.
    • A woman who has recently been married: A woman in the initial period following her wedding.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • The bride looked beautiful in her white gown. (The woman getting married looked beautiful in her white gown.)
    • After the ceremony, the bride and groom greeted their guests. (After the ceremony, the woman who had just been married and her new husband greeted their guests.)
    • She was a radiant bride on her wedding day. (She was a brilliantly happy woman participating in her marriage ceremony.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Bride-to-be": A woman who is engaged to be married.
    • As a bride-to-be, she spent months planning the wedding.
  • "War bride": A woman who marries a serviceman from a foreign country during a war.
    • After World War II, many war brides moved to the United States.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bridal (adj): Relating to a bride or a wedding.
    • The bridal party included her sisters.
  • Bridegroom (n): A man who is getting married or has just been married; a groom.
  • Bridesmaid (n): A girl or woman, usually a friend or relative, who assists the bride at a wedding.
Synonyms
  • Newlywed: A person recently married.
  • Spouse: A husband or wife in relation to their partner.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride": A saying expressing frustration at never being the one getting married, often while seeing others do so.
    • She joked that she was always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
Noun
  1. a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
  2. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
  3. a woman who has recently been married