bridesmaid

A wedding party including three bridesmaids, ca. 1936

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

  • To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.

Origin

  • From bride + -s-. Sports/entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride.

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