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bride

1

[brahyd]

noun

  1. a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.



bride

2

[brahyd, breed]

noun

  1. Also called bar, leg, tie.a connection consisting of a thread or a number of threads for joining various solid parts of a design in needlepoint lace.

  2. an ornamental bonnet string.

Bride

3

[brahyd]

noun

  1. Saint. Brigid, Saint.

Bride

1

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. See Bridget

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bride

2

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a woman who has just been or is about to be married

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bride

3

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. Also called: bar.lacemaking needlework a thread or loop that joins parts of a pattern

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • brideless adjective
  • bridelike adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bride1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ̄; cognate with Dutch bruid, German Braut, Old Norse ūٳ, Gothic ūٳ

Origin of bride2

1865–70; < French: bonnet-string, bridle, Old French < Germanic; bridle
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bride1

Old English ӯ ; related to Old Norse ūٳ , Gothic ūٳ daughter-in-law, Old High German ū

Origin of bride2

C19: from French, literally: bridle , probably of Germanic origin
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Idioms and Phrases

see give away (the bride).
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Example Sentences

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But she’s also a marriage-minded mercenary who can pitch one potential client on soppy platitudes about till death do you part, and immediately pivot to assuring a bride that it’s just a business deal.

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"I've never been someone who's really thought about a wedding, or dreamt about what kind of bride I would be. All of a sudden I'm like, 'Oh, what would I wear?'"

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The families of the couple had alleged that the bride had also either been killed or abducted and mounted a huge campaign to find her.

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A couple held their wedding at a hospital after an attempted "party trick" at the hen do led to the bride being paralysed.

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No story better exemplifies that ethos than that of the teenage fake bride turned kidnapper who aches for her mother.

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