Words / B2

BRYD/braɪd/

A bride is a woman on her wedding day, or just before or after it: the bride and groom; a bride-to-be. Groom is the male twin in that pair; spouse is the legal twin after marriage. Name the bride in the parish register, then the year. Mix-up: bride vs bribe; bridle; do not write bride for a magazine caption with no register or named ceremony in the source.

Meaning

A woman on her wedding day, or just before or after it.

Examples

• “Name the bride in the parish register, then the year, not a magazine caption.”
• “A child bride featured in the human-rights extract, which is the forced-marriage sense — still name the statute.”

Good to know

the bride and groom; a bride-to-be; bridal. Male twin in the pair: groom. Legal: spouse. Trap: bribe / bridle. History, RS, and citizenship. A woman at marriage — treat the register as a source.

Near in meaning

wife-to-be, newly-wed

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