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bride noun

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Definition

a woman who is about to get married or has just got married
He returned from New York with his lovely new bride.
The bride and groom posed for pictures outside the church.
As the mother of the bride, I feel obliged to wear something really spectacular.

(Definition of bride noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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