flower girl

noun

: a young girl who carries flowers at a wedding

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Produced by Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas, The Mod Squad also starred Peggy Lipton as flower girl Julie Barnes (a vagrant who had fled her prostitute mother) and Clarence Williams III as Lincoln Hayes (arrested during the Watts riots). Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024 The spouse or significant other of your ceremony officiant, as well as both parents of ring bearers and flower girls. Marissa Miller, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024 The couple's daughter also had a big part in the wedding: walking down the aisle as the flower girl. Hannah Sacks, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024 My daughter was recently part of a wedding party, acting as a flower girl for a relative of my ex-husband. Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flower girl 

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flower girl was in 1902

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“Flower girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flower%20girl. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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