ˈbridemaiden arch. or dial.
= bridemaid, bridesmaid. Hence bridesmaidenship n.
| 1808 Scott Lochinvar vi, The bridemaidens whispered ‘'Twere better by far’. 1824 Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 239 The bride-maidens were only less smart than the bride. 1839 Bailey Festus (1854) 300 The stars Were her immortal bridemaidens. 1884 E. Simcox in 19th Cent. June 1047 Based on the widest experience of bridesmaidenship. |