Definitions for bride
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bridenoun

   a woman who has recently been married

2. Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bridenoun

   Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

3. bridenoun

   a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BRIDEnoun

   A woman new married.

   Etymology: bryd, Saxon; brudur, in Runick, signifies a beautiful woman.

   Help me mine own love’s praises to resound,
   Ne let the fame of any be envy’d;
   So Orpheus did for his own bride. Edmund Spenser, Epithalamium.

   The day approach’d, when fortune should decide
   Th’important enterprize, and give the bride. John Dryden, Fab.

   These are tributes due from pious brides,
   From a chaste matron, and a virtuous wife. Edmund Smith, Phædr.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bride

   A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bride's future spouse, is usually referred to as the bridegroom or just groom. In Western culture, a bride may be attended by a maid, bridesman and one or more bridesmaids.

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1. bride

   A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who has just been married. The term can also be used to refer to a woman during a wedding ceremony or shortly after it. She is typically associated with a special dress and veil, which are traditionally white in many cultures.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bridenoun

   a woman newly married, or about to be married

2. Bridenoun

   fig.: An object ardently loved

3. Brideverb

   to make a bride of

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bride

   A bride is a woman about to be married or newlywed. In Western culture, a bride may be attended by one or more bridesmaids.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bride

   brīd, n. a woman about to be married: a woman newly married.—v.i. (Shak.) to act the bride.—ns. Bride′-ale (obs.)—Bridal, the ale-drinking at a marriage feast; Bride′-bed, the marriage bed; Bride′cake, the bride's cake, or cake distributed at a wedding; Bride′-cham′ber, a nuptial apartment; Bride′groom, a man about to be married: a man newly married; Bride′maid, Bride's′-maid, Bride′man, Bride's′-man, young unmarried people who attend the bride and bridegroom at a wedding. [A.S. brýd; Ice. brúdr, Ger. braut, a bride.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. bride

   A female to marry.

   The bride looked radiant and her husband looked so handsome, they were joyful.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 11, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BRIDE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bride is ranked #30665 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bride surname appeared 760 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bride.
   
   81.3% or 618 total occurrences were White.
   15.3% or 117 total occurrences were Black.
   1.5% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Abbess
   • Newlywed
   • Participant
   • Saint

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bride' in Nouns Frequency: #2702

Anagrams for bride »

1. bider

2. bredi

3. rebid

How to pronounce bride?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bride in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bride in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of bride in a Sentence

1. Vigo County:

   I do, some guests are telling us the bride and groom didn't speak to each other at the reception.

2. Jamie McCarthy:

   It was emotional, especially for her, she's the bride and in less than 24 hours they had to change everything they had planned.

3. Proverb:

   Weeping bride, laughing wife; laughing bride, weeping wife.

4. Valerie White:

   We both live and breathe geek culture and connected over that right away. You have to know how to have fun and have a sense of humor about it, as a bride-to-be you can get lost in what tradition and magazines tell you, but it's important to stay true to who you are as a couple. It's your love, nobody else's and that's what matters.

5. William Butler Yeats:

   You shall go with me, newly-married bride,And gaze upon a merrier multitude.White-armed Nuala, Aengus of the Birds,Feachra of the hurtling form, and himWho is the ruler of the Western Host,Finvara, and their Land of Heart's Desire.Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood,But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.

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