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English
Etymology
From bride + maid.
Noun
bridemaid (plural bridemaids)
- Archaic form of bridesmaid.
1831, L E L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 135:"Lord love you, miss! we did think you were to be bridemaid, till mistress told us not to call you."
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