bride Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a woman who has recently been married
  2. noun Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
    St. Brigid; Bridget; St. Bridget; Brigid; Saint Bridget; Saint Brigid; Saint Bride; St. Bride.
  3. noun a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony

WordNet

Bride noun
Etymology
OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. brd; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. brd, D. bruid, OHG. prt, brt, G. braut, Icel. brr, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.
Definitions
  1. A woman newly married, or about to be married.
    Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton.
    I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9.
  2. Fig.: An object ardently loved.
Bride transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make a bride of. Obs.

Webster 1913