bride's maid

plural bride's maids

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bridesmaid.

   Dad’s cousin Vernon Carter and his wife, Lucy, served as best man and bride’s maid, respectively.

   2002 June 5, Ron Roberson, Middletown Pacemakers: The Story of an Ohio Hot Rod Club, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN

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   They compromised on a small ceremony (just relatives which turned out to be 55 people) with me as maid of honor and her friend, Lori, a bride’s maid and a large reception (about 150).

   2004 March, Hannah R. Goodman, My Sister's Wedding, page 5

   Stan’s wife, Merle, loaned me her wedding dress for my “something borrowed.” Viola served as bride’s maid and my only attendant.

   2005 January 28, Myrtle Blabey Neufeld, Directed Paths, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 40

   Okay, I finally made my decision: Derry and Penney would be my bride’s maids and Sophie, my maid of honor. / Everything seemed to be falling into place until controversy started about what kind of attire the bride’s maids would wear. […] Between the stress of her input and the guilt of not having my sisters in the wedding, I concluded that I did not want to have bride’s maids at all.

   2007 April, Alice Monterio, Saved by Grace, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 150

   She was angry that I did not ask her to be my maid of honor. / But I gave her a chance to be a bride’s maid in a red color.

   2008 November 20, Dave Parker, Big Is Beautiful, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 66

   My youngest sister, Wendy, was my maid of honor and Shan and Jess (Tess’s sisters) were my bride’s maids. […] My niece, Janielle, functioned as maid-of-honor, and my Barbadian god daughter, Leah, my lone bride’s maid.

   2010 October 30, Georgette G. Lee, Layers of Living: A Heartwarming Memoir of Struggle, Growth, and Triumph, Xlibris, →ISBN, pages 50, 84