bridesmaid
noun
brides·maid
ˈbrīdz-ˌmād 
1
: a woman who is an attendant of a bride
2
: one that finishes just behind the winner
Examples of bridesmaid in a Sentence
I was a bridesmaid in my sister's wedding.
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
Marshall and O’Connor play softboy strippers hired by a bridesmaid (Sarah Sherman) for her friend’s (Ashley Padilla) bachelorette party.
—Rima Parikh, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
Her niece Lethy Liriano was one of her bridesmaids, and today is an activist who leads the annual Brides' March, where hundreds of women don wedding dresses and march in upper Manhattan to call out domestic violence.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
But at this wedding, you will also be confused for a bridesmaid.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bridesmaid
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“Bridesmaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bridesmaid. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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bridesmaid
noun
brides·maid
ˈbrīdz-ˌmād
: a woman who attends a bride at her wedding
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