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bridemaid

bridemaid is the archaic form 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 bridemaid

pluralbridemaids

Origin of bridemaid

From bride + maid.

Questions about bridemaid

What is bridemaid the archaic form of?
Bridemaid is the archaic form of bridesmaid.

Words near bridemaid in the dictionary

  1. bridelets
  2. bridelike
  3. bridelock
  4. bridelope
  5. bridely
  6. bridemaid
  7. bridemaids
  8. brideman
  9. bridemen
  10. bridenapping
  11. Bridenstine

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