bridesmaid
pronunciation
How to pronounce bridesmaid in British English: UK [ˈbraɪdzmeɪd]
How to pronounce bridesmaid in American English: US [ˈbraɪdzmeɪd]
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- Noun:
- an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
Word Origin
- bridesmaid (n.)
- 1550s, bridemaid, from bride + maid. The -s- is excrescent but began to appear by 1794 and the form with it predominated by the end of the 19c.
Example
- 1. Would you like to be my bridesmaid ?
- 2. I have scraps of six shades of striped silk seersucker in a cupboard in the basement , left over from my bridesmaid dresses .
- 3. Consider a bridesmaid dress in white .
- 4. The royal wedding and the kardashian spectacle did share one thing : white bridesmaid dresses .
- 5. Bridesmaid 's dresses little white wedding dresses can even be chosen in black through the autumn season .