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brideless

brideless adjective: without a bride.

Adjective

brideless (not comparable)

  1. Without a bride.
    • The brideless bridegroom would permit none to interfere with his sorrow. He dug a grave for his Mora, and erected over it the rude tomb they saw […]1829, Walter Scott, The Surgeon's Daughter
    • God almighty recognizes no brideless marriage […]1991, Robert R Taylor, Jesus Christ: the hope of the home

Origin of brideless

From bride + -less.

Questions about brideless

What does brideless mean?
Brideless means without a bride.
What part of speech is brideless?
Brideless is an adjective.

Words near brideless in the dictionary

  1. bridegroomship
  2. bridegroomy
  3. bridehood
  4. Bridekirk
  5. Bridel
  6. brideless
  7. bridelet
  8. bridelets
  9. bridelike
  10. bridelock
  11. bridelope

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