Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A woman who is about to be married or has recently been married.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A woman newly married, or about to be married.
- n. A name of the American wood or summer duck, Aix sponsa.
- To make a bride of; marry.
- To act like a bride; assume the air of a bride.
- n. A bridle.
- n. In needlework, lacemaking, etc., a loop, link, or tie.
Wiktionary
- n. A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
- v. obsolete To make a bride of.
- n. An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A woman newly married, or about to be married.
- n. Fig.: An object ardently loved.
- v. obsolete To make a bride of.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a woman who has recently been married
- n. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
- n. a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
Etymologies
- From French bride ("bridle"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English brȳd. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Well, give me the first salute of your fair bride; -- _and for your bride_”
“Moody Stuart observes as to this Canticle (So 3: 6-5: 1), the center of the Book, these characteristics: (1) The bridegroom takes the chief part, whereas elsewhere the bride is the chief speaker.”
“He compares our Saviour to the bridegroom: He that hath the bride is the bridegroom.”
“On the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the battered body of a woman is found in a meadow on the outskirts of town.”
“According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Aniston may costar as his stand-in bride in a romantic comedy titled "Pretend Wife.”
Jennifer Aniston To Be Adam Sandler’s ‘Pretend Wife’ » MTV Movies Blog
“My bride is the Belgian and has no family left there.”
“If they're going to mention his previous marriage, why not tell us whether or not the bride is still a virgin.”
“So the wedding pics are up on my photo blog and the bride is very happy with the photos.”
“Their two rabbis cabled back from Palestine, “The bride is beautiful but she is married to another man.””
“There Holcomb discovers that his new bride is far from urbane.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bride’.
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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Lace
Terms pertaining to lace and lace-making. Patterns, tools, types, styles, stitches.
bone lace, pillow lace, point, needlelace, bobbin lace, bones, bobbin, linen thread, hand-lacemaking, lace pillow, bobbinet, lacemakers' guild and 256 more...
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Periodic Table of Cake
I should have known better, but once I got started on this, I realized it’s basically the same thing as Ruzuzu’s list “Let them eat cake”, with less cake.
cheese, ague, almond, alum, pan, ash, beef, tea, Baddeley, daikon, yellow, zebra and 44 more...
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weddzilla's list
Weddzilla Wordie
bride, gown, wedding, green, calendar, idea, coordinator, bouquet, flowers, caterer, theme, bridesmaid and 6 more...
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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Two years
Okay, I admit it. I made a list of words my daughter knew when she was two years old.
bat, baba, a, abalone, about, acorn, adrienne, after, again, airplane, alison, all and 694 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Actual and Spectulative Sburb Classes
A list of all known Heroic Classes available to players of the game Sburb within the Homestuck universe, as well as any other words I can think of which would theoretically adhere to the known guid...
heir, seer, knight, witch, maid, page, thief, mage, rogue, sylph, prince, bard and 116 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (B)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
balcony, bailey, baguette, bairn, balalaika, baldric, balefire, baby's breath, ballet, balm of gilead, balsam, baluster and 188 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Ladies' Night
girl, lady, madame, miss, missy, woman, dame, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother and 50 more...
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General
attain, stretch, lever, flock, fraught, taunt, dub, deceive, toss, sentient, stale, brew and 52 more...
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vaca 22000_4
vaca 22000_4
courtesy, rite, adult, adolescent, peer, bride, bridegroom, male, female, tomb, cathedral, buddhism and 9 more...
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What's Your Name, Neighbor?
feed, scratch, bride, spine, hoof, vessel, neighbor, tatters, grackle, crumble, slave, tooth and 38 more...
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