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bridesmaids

bridesmaids is the plural of bridesmaid.

bridesmaids is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Phrases with bridesmaids

Questions about bridesmaids

What is bridesmaids the plural of?
Bridesmaids is the plural of bridesmaid.

Words near bridesmaids in the dictionary

  1. bridesmaid
  2. bridesmaided
  3. bridesmaiden
  4. bridesmaidens
  5. bridesmaiding
  6. bridesmaids
  7. bridesmaidship
  8. bridesman
  9. bridesmatron
  10. bridesmatrons
  11. bridesmen

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