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bridesmaid

[ brahydz-meyd ]

noun

  1. a young woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony.
  2. Informal. a person, group, etc., that is in a secondary position, never quite attains a goal, etc.:

    Bridesmaids for 12 seasons, the Eagles finally won the championship.



bridesmaid

/ ˈ²ú°ù²¹Éª»å³úËŒ³¾±ðɪ»å /

noun

  1. a girl or young unmarried woman who attends a bride at her wedding Compare matron of honour maid of honour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of bridesmaid1

First recorded in 1545–55; bride 1 + 's 1 + maid
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She was to have been a bridesmaid at her sister Caroline Martin's wedding.

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Previously, we saw him at the wedding of Kelsey and Matt, when her bridesmaids revealed in a musical ensemble that she had been having an affair with Domingo.

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The youngest of three children, she was due to be a bridesmaid at her brother's wedding in September 1998.

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Mrs Davies said she only had one wedding photo in colour, of the bridesmaids in their cerise-coloured dresses, so "the colours of the day were absolutely gorgeous to see".

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She says one of her bridesmaids has never much enjoyed it but that the wedding prompted her to put up lots of Christmas decorations in her home.

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