war bride
noun
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
Examples of war bride in a Sentence
My grandmother was a war bride during World War II.
Recent Examples on the Web
When the show came out, Murray was living in upstate New York, but his childhood had been peripatetic: his father was a Veterans Affairs psychologist, and his mother was a British war bride.
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Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
The creation of Asian Pacific Community Counseling Asian Pacific Community Counseling opened in 1976, when Asian women came to the United States as war brides and when refugees fled Vietnam, said Malroutu.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 6 June 2024
This exceptional debut novel honors Amanda Churchill’s real grandmother, a Japanese war bride who relocated to a vast Texas ranch in the 1950s.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
Here, Davie portrays an Italian war bride cum lonely farm wife in 1960s Iowa who falls hard for a National Geographic photographer shooting Madison County’s renowned covered bridges.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
More:The story of a Lincoln Park war bride who married in the middle of World War II Since Belle Isle is one of their favorite places to go together, Ford Motor Company has purchased a bench that will be located on the island with a message about their friendship.
—Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2021
Nick Barraco had just returned from World War II with an English war bride.
—Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2020
Richard recalls reading The Courier Journal one day and seeing a photo of local French war bride Josette Bouchet Kearns and her husband William.
—Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 28 May 2020
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, 6 June 2018
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Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
The creation of Asian Pacific Community Counseling Asian Pacific Community Counseling opened in 1976, when Asian women came to the United States as war brides and when refugees fled Vietnam, said Malroutu.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 6 June 2024
This exceptional debut novel honors Amanda Churchill’s real grandmother, a Japanese war bride who relocated to a vast Texas ranch in the 1950s.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
Here, Davie portrays an Italian war bride cum lonely farm wife in 1960s Iowa who falls hard for a National Geographic photographer shooting Madison County’s renowned covered bridges.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
More:The story of a Lincoln Park war bride who married in the middle of World War II Since Belle Isle is one of their favorite places to go together, Ford Motor Company has purchased a bench that will be located on the island with a message about their friendship.
—Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2021
Nick Barraco had just returned from World War II with an English war bride.
—Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2020
Richard recalls reading The Courier Journal one day and seeing a photo of local French war bride Josette Bouchet Kearns and her husband William.
—Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 28 May 2020
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, 6 June 2018
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“War bride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20bride. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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