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Budding Brides Next year, brides will not only be carrying their beautiful blooms à la wedding bouquets, but also wearing them.—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025 One user instead suggested making positive remarks about the bride and not the dress.—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025 The lace in her dress symbolized both wealth and purity, an appealing combination for brides who hoped for prosperous unions.—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 Often, then, the whole dialogue around name changing gets kicked down the road, with the bride smiling tightly through all the pre-wedding events.—Megan Angelo, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bride
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English brȳd; akin to Old High German brūt bride
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of bride was
before the 12th century
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