Definition of Brde
Bride (brīd), n. [OE. bride,
brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. br&ymacr;d;
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, v. t. To make a bride of.
[Obs.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
BRIDE, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A woman who is going to get married or has just got married.
French
- bridle
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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