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bridesmaid
[ brahydz-meyd ]
noun
- a young woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony.
- Informal. a person, group, etc., that is in a secondary position, never quite attains a goal, etc.:
Bridesmaids for 12 seasons, the Eagles finally won the championship.
bridesmaid
/ ˈɪˌɪ /
noun
- a girl or young unmarried woman who attends a bride at her wedding Compare matron of honour maid of honour
Word History and Origins
Origin of bridesmaid1
Example Sentences
She recalled: "That same day that I'm packing to go to the hospital, I had to pack up my wedding dress, all the bridesmaids' dresses - and return it."
She was to have been a bridesmaid at her sister Caroline Martin's wedding.
Previously, we saw him at the wedding of Kelsey and Matt, when her bridesmaids revealed in a musical ensemble that she had been having an affair with Domingo.
The youngest of three children, she was due to be a bridesmaid at her brother's wedding in September 1998.
Mrs Davies said she only had one wedding photo in colour, of the bridesmaids in their cerise-coloured dresses, so "the colours of the day were absolutely gorgeous to see".
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