bridesmaid
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bridesmaid
- /ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/
Where it comes from
From bride + -s- + maid. In the sports and entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
noun bridesmaids · bridemaid · bride's maid
- 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.
- 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.
verb bridesmaids · bridesmaiding · bridesmaided · bridemaid · bride's maid
- To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony. "No, Trichy; I won't be Augusta's bridesmaid; I'll bide my time for bridesmaiding."
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lady, maid, señorita, damsel, maiden, groomsmaid, bride's maid, bridemaid, bridesman, groomswoman, bridesmatron, bridesmaiden, bride, best man, groomsman, best maid
Translations
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noun woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony
| Español | dama de honor |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ブライズメイド buraizumeido, 花嫁介添人 hanayome kaizoenin, 介添人 kaizoenin |
| 中文 | 伴娘 bànniáng, 女儐相 /女傧相 nǚbīnxiàng |
| Português | dama de honra |
| Français | demoiselle d'honneur |
| Deutsch | Brautjungfer |
| Italiano | damigella d'onore |
| Ελληνικά | παράνυμφος paránymfos |
| Română | domnișoară de onoare |
| Русский | подру́жка неве́сты podrúžka nevésty, подру́жка podrúžka, дру́жка drúžka, свиде́тельница svidételʹnica, подневе́стница podnevéstnica |
| Tiếng Việt | phù dâu |
| עברית | שׁוּשְׁבִינָה shushviná |
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title = {bridesmaid},
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