bachelorette party

noun

: a party for a woman who is about to be married usually attended by women only
Arriving at a second bar where they planned to wind up the night, they found the upper floor occupied by his fiancee, at her own much-rowdier bachelorette party.Nicholas Kulish

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The Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel podcast host, 50, celebrated her bachelorette party in Nashville over the weekend ahead of her wedding to fiancé Dan Donovan. Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 The newcomer went straight into shooting Blue's post-bachelorette party rescue of a runaway pedal party bike. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 Taylor Swift may have been absent from her longtime best friend Selena Gomez’s bachelorette party, but nothing could have kept her away from the big day. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2025 What was Selena’s bachelorette party like? Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bachelorette party

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First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bachelorette party was in 1943

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“Bachelorette party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bachelorette%20party. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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