war bride

noun

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

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Definition of war bride

1 : a woman who marries a serviceman ordered into active service in time of war

2 : a woman who marries a serviceman especially of a foreign nation met during a time of war

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My grandmother was a war bride during World War II.

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Based on the novel of the same name, the musical tells the story of an Italian war bride trapped in rural Iowa who falls in love with a footloose photographer while her family is out of town.

— kt hawbaker, chicagotribune.com, "Theo Ubique will inaugurate new home with season that includes 'Hedwig' and 'The Full Monty'," 6 June 2018
Melissa Hunter is compelling as Abagnale's French war bride mother, equal parts victim and villain.

— theodore p. mahne, NOLA.com, "JPAS premieres 'Catch Me If You Can,' a criminally enjoyable hit," 17 Apr. 2018
To see photos from families of Japanese war brides, visit https://instagram.com/kathryn.tolbert.

— kathryn tolbert, Washington Post, "The Japanese once ruled the Boston Marathon. A war bride’s son recalls the slurs.," 15 Apr. 2018
Al was divorced from his war bride and, sadly, eventually estranged from his two sons.

— jim stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Stingl: Family finds letter sent home to mom by a soldier who witnessed liberation of Buchenwald death camp," 6 Apr. 2018
His mother was an Austrian war bride and his father was a noted mathematician.

— alex vadukul, New York Times, "Redemption of a Lost Prodigy," 30 Mar. 2018
At Sansome Street, all 104 women detainees, the majority Chinese war brides like Ha, launched a hunger strike to protest immigration policies.

— daniela blei, Smithsonian, "A Federal Immigration Building With a Dark Past," 12 May 2017

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