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childbride

childbride is the alternative spelling of child bride.

Meaning of child bride

Noun

child bride (plural child brides)

  1. A very young bride, usually coerced or pressured into nuptials with a much older man, as practiced in some cultures.
    • Saudi Arabia is one of the countries that allow minor girls to be child brides.

Forms of childbride

pluralchildbrides

Questions about childbride

What is childbride the alternative spelling of?
Childbride is the alternative spelling of child bride.

Words near childbride in the dictionary

  1. childbed
  2. childbed fever
  3. childbeds
  4. childbirth
  5. childbirths
  6. childbride
  7. childbrides
  8. childcare
  9. childcarer
  10. childcarers
  11. childcares

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Adapted from Wiktionary: childbride (page history and authors); child bride (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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