MAID OF HONOR Definition & Meaning

maid of honor

an unmarried woman who is the chief attendant of a bride. Compare matron of honor.
an unmarried woman, usually of noble birth, attendant on a queen or princess.

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First recorded in 1580–90

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Ms. James’s Rottweiler, Onyx, was the maid of honor at their wedding.

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“I lost my best friends, I lost my roommates, I lost my bridesmaids, I lost my maid of honor, I lost my everything,” Thompson said.

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“She would have been my maid of honor, and I probably would have been hers,” Jazzmin said.

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The simple function of handing over the bride’s ring could be done by the maid of honor, if there is one.

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And the maid of honor at his wedding — whose children are his godchildren — called him from the Barricks’ home Monday.

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