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Webster 1913 Edition

Bride

Bride

(brīd)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bride
,
brid
,
brude
,
brud
,
burd
, AS.
brȳd
; akin to OFries.
breid
, OSax.
brūd
, D.
bruid
, OHG.
prūt
,
brūt
, G.
braut
, Icel.
brūðr
, Sw. & Dan.
brud
, Goth.
brūþs
; cf. Armor.
pried
spouse, W.
priawd
a married person.]
1.
A woman newly married, or about to be married.
Has by his own experience tried
How much the wife is dearer than the
bride
.
Lyttleton.
I will show thee the
bride
, the Lamb’s wife.
Rev. xxi. 9.
2.
Fig.: An object ardently loved.
Bride of the sea
,
the city of Venice.

Bride

,
Verb.
T.
To make a bride of.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Bride

BRIDE

,
Noun.
1.
A woman new married.
But the name is applied to a woman at the marriage festival, before she is married, as well as after the ceremony.
2.
A woman espoused, or contracted to be married. The case of Lewellyn, prince of Wales. Henry's Hist.of Britain, B.iv.ch.i.,sect.2. [This is the true original sense of the word.]

Definition 2024

bridé

bridé

See also: bride

French

Noun

bridé m ‎(plural bridés, feminine bridée)

  1. (pejorative, ethnic slur) A slant, a person of East Asian descent.

Synonyms

Verb

bridé m ‎(feminine singular bridée, masculine plural bridés, feminine plural bridées)

  1. past participle of brider

Spanish

Verb

bridé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of bridar.

Pronunciation

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