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bridesmaid

English

Alternative forms

bridemaid (archaic)
bride's maid

Etymology

From bride +? -s- +? maid. Sports/entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?b?a?dz?me?d/

Noun

bridesmaid (plural bridesmaids)

A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
I'd love to be your bridesmaid.
(sports, entertainment) A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.

Coordinate terms

bridesman

Derived terms

always a bridesmaid, never a bride

Related terms

bridesmaiden
bridesmatron

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Verb

bridesmaid (third-person singular simple present bridesmaids, present participle bridesmaiding, simple past and past participle bridesmaided)

To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.
- 1915, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The smart set: a magazine of cleverness, Volume 45, page 204,
  And what's this? that isn't Herbie Frost with you in the canoe ; why he was best man when I bridesmaided Corinne.

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groomsmen

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Noun

groomsmen

plural of groomsman

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bridesmaid

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