bride

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The lady chosen for the bride was a Polish princess, named Charlotta

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  1. noun A woman who is about to be married or has recently been married.

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  • According to Madame de Sévigné, as the bride was approaching, ;the King was so curious to know what she looked like that he sent Sanguin [his chief butler] whom he knows to be a truthful man and no flatterer. —  Sex with Kings Eleanor Herman
  • "It will always be a major presence in Milwaukee," Martire said. charged with sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl who became his wife in a Hmong cultural marriage claimed Wednesday that he had uncovered evidence that the bride was actually 18 at the time. —  JSOnline.com
  • He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. —  The Omega Letter
  • A private room for the bride is also available on your wedding day, so that you can make last minute preparations before your grand entrance and should you need a hand our management and team are on standby to cater for your last minute needs. —  lipstick.com: celebrity news that matters to you
  • Hey, being the bride is a tough job, but someone's gotta do it!
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  1. Middle English, from Old English brȳd.

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  1. from Middle English bride, bryde, brude, nominative properly without the final e, brid, bryd, brud, often transposed bird, burd, etc. (see bird), a bride, a young lady, from Anglo-Saxon bry¯d, a bride, = Old Saxon brūd = OFries. breid = Middle Dutch brūd, Dutch bruid = Middle Low German brut, Low German brud = Old High German Middle High German brūt, German braut, bride (i. e., betrothed woman), = Icelandic brūdhr = Swedish Danish brud, a bride, = Gothic (Moesogothic) brūths, daughter-in-law (later ult. F. bru, earlier bruy, *brut, Middle Latin brut, bruta, daughter-in-law), cf. comp. brūth-faths, bridegroom (see bridegroom); root unknown.
  2. from bride, n.
  3. from Middle English bride, a bridle, from Old French F. bride, a bridle, string, strap, button-loop, etc., = Provencal Spanish Portuguese brida, a bridle: see bridle.
 

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