bridesmaid
part of speech
noun (a bridesmaid, bridesmaids)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bridesmaid is a girl or woman who helps the bride on her wedding day and walks with her at the ceremony. tree →
2) (idiom) «Always the bridesmaid, never the bride» means always nearly winning but never quite winning. tree →
sense in the lessons
A word of weddings and family life: a girl may be a bridesmaid at her aunt's or cousin's wedding, wearing a special dress and carrying flowers. The main one is the chief bridesmaid or maid of honour; a little one is a flower girl. Phrases: «chief bridesmaid», «maid of honour», «bridesmaid dress».
examples
- I was a bridesmaid at my aunt's wedding. tree →
- The bridesmaids wore pale blue dresses. tree →
- My sister is the chief bridesmaid. tree →
- The little bridesmaid scattered petals up the aisle. tree →
- Bridesmaids help the bride get ready on the big day. tree →
- Our team was always the bridesmaid, never the bride, until this year's final. tree →
note
Countable: bridesmaids. One word: bride + s + maid. The male helper of the groom is the «best man»; boys may be «pageboys» (UK) or «ring bearers». «Maid of honour» is the head bridesmaid.
In the corpora
- Bridesmaids are friends or relatives who help the bride and walk with her, and children can be flower girls or page boys.
- At Mum's wedding Sky is a bridesmaid in a lilac dress.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bridesmaid» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.