BRIDE

bride

(noun) a woman who has recently been married

bride

(noun) a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony

Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride

(noun) Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Bride (plural Brides)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bride is the 30665th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 760 individuals. Bride is most common among White (81.32%) and Black/African American (15.39%) individuals.

Anagrams

• bider, birde, rebid

Etymology 1

Noun

bride (plural brides)

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

Coordinate terms: bridegroom, groom

(obsolete, figurative) An object ardently loved.

Verb

bride (third-person singular simple present brides, present participle briding, simple past and past participle brided)

(obsolete) to make a bride of

Etymology 2

Noun

bride (plural brides)

an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework

Anagrams

• bider, birde, rebid

Source: Wiktionary


Bride, n. Etym: [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. br; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.]

1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9.

2. Fig.: An object ardently loved. Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.

Bride, v. t.

Definition: To make a bride of. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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