Associations to the word «Bridesmaid»

Wiktionary

BRIDESMAID, noun. A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
BRIDESMAID, noun. (sports) (entertainment) A person or team who perennially finishes well, but never first.
BRIDESMAID, verb. To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.

Dictionary definition

BRIDESMAID, noun. An unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope