bride
Meaning
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- A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
- (obsolete) An object ardently loved.
Synonyms
newlywed bride
newly married
young girl
bride to be
Catholic priest
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɹaɪd/
Etymology
From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), West Frisian breid (“bride”), German Low German Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German Braut (“bride”), Danish brud (“bride”), Swedish brud (“bride”).
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