Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The chief unmarried woman attendant of a bride.
- n. An unmarried noblewoman attendant upon a queen or princess.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the bride's principle attendant at a wedding, if unmarried. If married, she is referred to as the matron of honor.
- n. a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
Examples
“In the ladies’ room, I’d accept the cigarette from the maid of honor and, as she reblended her eyeshadow, would listen to how she never liked the groom, how she knew this was all a mistake, but what could she do?”
“When I was your maid of honor last year, I never thought I’d be with you and Jack on your first-anniversary weekend getaway.”
“Amanda’s best friend, Nadine Parker, was her maid of honor while Charlie stood as best man for Graham.”
““Just what I wanted,” George muttered sarcastically as Akinyi walked over, looking gorgeous in her rose-colored maid of honor gown.”
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“The president, Mme. de Denterghen, is maid of honor to the Queen; the other officers and members of the committee are all women whose high positions have enabled them to gather together the very valuable collection which is installed in that section of the”
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“Before him stood Tufik's sister, the maid of honor with her baby, the black-mustached friend who had brought Tufik to us after his tragic attempt at suicide, and Tufik himself.”
“At the time, the other girl—who would have worn the honeysuckle-hued maid of honor dress but not sleeveless; that would be tacky on a plump girl—thought this rejection simply meant the story bride would chose a different groom.”
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Bridesmaid revisited
The Sacred & Profane Memories of a Maid of Honor.
dress, bridesmaid, maid of honor, plane ticket, camera, batteries, Catholicism, beach, wire and ribbon f..., champagne, map, Jesus and 54 more...
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Maids
Maids of all stripes.
twait-shad, chambermaid, demoiselle, fille de chambre, housemaid, amah, lady's maid, femme-de-chambre, tire-woman, soubrette, comb-brush, abigail and 80 more...
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Boon Companions
buddy, pal, mate, compatriot, my man, simpatico, comrade, paramour, better half, soulmate, confidant, partner and 14 more...
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