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Bride vs Bridesman - What's the difference?

bride | bridesman |

As nouns the difference between bride and bridesman

is that bride is a slant, a person of east asian descent while bridesman is a man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.

As a verb bride

is .

bride

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
  • * Bible, (w) xxi. 9
    • I will show thee the bride , the Lamb's wife.
  • * (1709-1773)
    • Has by his own experience tried / How much the wife is dearer than the bride .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
  • An object ardently loved.
    • Derived terms
    * bridezilla * bride-to-be
    Coordinate terms
    * bridegroom * groom
    Derived terms
    * * bridal * bride gift * bridegroom * bridezilla * bridely * bride price * bridesmaid * bride-to-be * bride wealth * off like a bride's nightie * war bride * would-be bride
    See also
    * husband-to-be * wife-to-be

    Verb

    (brid)
  • (obsolete) To make a bride of.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    bridesman

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia bridesman) (bridesmen)
  • A man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 26, author=Katie Zezima, title=Bride-to-Be Takes a Chance on eBay for a Bidding Bridesmaid, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=She might be renting a tux, however, as she is willing to have a bridesman . }}

    Coordinate terms

    * bridesmaid