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bride's maid

bride's maid is the alternative spelling of bridesmaid.

Meaning of bridesmaid

Noun

bridesmaid (plural bridesmaids)

  1. A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
    • I'd love to be your bridesmaid at the wedding.
  2. (social dynamics) A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
    • He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 319

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Forms of bride's maid

pluralbride's maids

Questions about bride's maid

What is bride's maid the alternative spelling of?
Bride's maid is the alternative spelling of bridesmaid.

Words near bride's maid in the dictionary

  1. bride wealths
  2. bride wear
  3. bride's bonnet
  4. bride's flower
  5. bride's flowers
  6. bride's maid
  7. bride's maids
  8. bride-ale
  9. bride-ales
  10. bride-cake
  11. bride-cakes

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