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mail-order bride

mail-order bride noun: a woman who is listed in a catalogue to be selected by a man for marriage.

Noun

mail-order bride (plural mail-order brides)

  1. A woman who is listed in a catalogue to be selected by a man for marriage.

Forms of mail-order bride

pluralmail-order brides

Questions about mail-order bride

What does mail-order bride mean?
Mail-order bride means a woman who is listed in a catalogue to be selected by a man for marriage.
What part of speech is mail-order bride?
Mail-order bride is a noun.
What is the plural of mail-order bride?
The plural of mail-order bride is mail-order brides.

Words near mail-order bride in the dictionary

  1. mail-merge
  2. mail-merged
  3. mail-merges
  4. mail-merging
  5. mail-order
  6. mail-order bride
  7. mail-order brides
  8. mail-order cowboy
  9. mail-order cowboys
  10. mail-ordered
  11. mail-ordering

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