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单词 bridewoman
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bridewomann.

Brit. /ˈbrʌɪdˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈbraɪdˌwʊmən/
Inflections: Plural bridewomen.
Forms: see bride n.1 and woman n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bride n.1, woman n.
Etymology: < bride n.1 + woman n. With sense 2 compare earlier bridesmaid n. and bridesman n.
1. A bride. Cf. bridesman n. 2, bridegroom n. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > bride
brideOE
spousessc1384
espousee1480
bridewoman1530
bride-wife1567
espousess1597
novia1874
makoti1949
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. xxiv/2 Bride woman, espousee.
1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron vi. iv. 293 Among the Jewes the bridewoman also brought a dowrie to her husband.
1643 in J. M. Spicksley Business & Househ. Accts. J. Jeffreys (2012) 243 Paid the butcher for a fatt weather to present this bride woeman at her wedding day: 6s 6d.
1764 B. Martin New & Comprehensive Syst. Philol. II. 98 The Bride-man and the Bride-woman take off their Garlands.
2. A woman who acts as the attendant of a bride at her wedding; spec. a matron of honour. Cf. bridesmaid n., bridesman n. 1. Now rare and archaic.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > attendant > bridesmaid
waiter1537
bridesmaid1552
bridesmaiden1634
bridewoman1649
best maid1766
maid of honour1895
bridesgirl1905
1649 Z. Bogan in F. Rous & Z. Bogan Archæologiæ Atticæ (ed. 3) iv. vii. 174 Besides the..Bride-man, and some of her own friends, there went along with her..a Bride-woman to take off her vayle, and dresse, and undresse, and doe other such offices as should be required.
1712 tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. (ed. 2) III. 128 Each time..that the new Bride changed her Habit, she rose up from her Seat, followed by her Bride-woman.
1813 F. S. N. Douglas Ess. Resemblance Anc. & Mod. Greeks iv. 110 The bride..is supported between her father and her bridewoman.
1881 Newcastle Courant 29 July 3/8 The bride in her turn was attended by her guardian and other male relatives, led by a matron, who was called the bridewoman, and followed by a company of young maidens, who were called bridesmaids.
1982 M. Z. Bradley Mists of Avalon iii. viii. 566 You will be a queen, too, my sister... I shall be your bride-woman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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