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
Bride (plural Brides)
A surname.
• 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.
• bider, birde, rebid
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.
bride (third-person singular simple present brides, present participle briding, simple past and past participle brided)
(obsolete) to make a bride of
bride (plural brides)
an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework
• 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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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