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Meaning of Bridesmaid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd

Definitions

  1. A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
  2. A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.

Equivalents

Examples

“I'd love to be your bridesmaid at the wedding.”
“I was promised sex. Everybody said it. You'll be a bridesmaid, you'll get sex, you'll be fighting 'em off. But not so much as a tongue in sight.”
“He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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