Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

child bride

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: child bride
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very young bride, usually coerced or pressured into nuptials with a much older man, as practiced in some cultures.

Example Sentences

"Saudi Arabia is one of the countries that allow minor girls to be child brides."
"With a smile and baksheesh for the little fair-faced girl destined to be the child-bride of some unknown Egyptian"
"Alone in [he]r tent the frightened child-bride [w]aits her husband, who will see her... [sic] ...for the first time."
"Ohio, where she had peddled with her parents until she became a child bride to Salem's brother Khalil, in 1896"
"In this article she discusses the 1992 incident in which a Hyderabadi Muslim father sells his daughter as a child-bride to an Arab named Yahya Mohammed al-Sageih for Rs. 6000."

Etymology

Compound of child + bride.

Inflected Forms

child brides (plural) child-bride (alternative) childbride (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

child groom

Questions

What does child bride mean?: A very young bride, usually coerced or pressured into nuptials with a much older man, as practiced in some cultures.
Where does child bride come from?: Compound of child + bride.

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