bridesmaid
/ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
verb
To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.
Example Sentences
- "I'd love to be your bridesmaid at the wedding."
- "I was promised sex. Everybody said it. You'll be a bridesmaid, you'll get sex, you'll be fighting 'em off. But not so much as a tongue in sight."
- "He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did."
- ""No, Trichy; I won't be Augusta's bridesmaid; I'll bide my time for bridesmaiding.""
- "And what's this? that isn't Herbie Frost with you in the canoe ; why he was best man when I bridesmaided Corinne."
- ""It's in my Data-fax, right here! December Bride: and I'm supposed to bridesmaid!""
Etymology
From bride + -s- + maid. In the sports and entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride.