bridelessadj.
/ˈbrʌɪdləs/, U.S. /ˈbraɪdləs/ Having no bride; without a bride.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried man > [adjective]
wifelessOE
lone1548
unwived1570
brideless1827
1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. xiv. 213 The brideless bridegroom would permit none to interfere with his sorrow.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket v. i. 170 The brideless Becket is thy king and mine.
1905 H. Rowland Digressions of Polly x. 103 There have been cases..where grooms have been left brideless right at the wedding-party, with the carriage paid for and the wedding-cake on the stove.
1934 Pella (Iowa) Chron. 13 Dec. 11/3 He unlocked the door of his brideless home and dreamed of the time when Hattie would be there.
1958 Lima (Ohio) News 5 Nov. 21/1 Frank Sinatra returned from London brideless, as I thought he would.
2005 F. Wisner Honeymoon with my Brother i. 6 I'd never been to a brideless wedding before, much less my own.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1827- sign of the times
- sign off
- sign off on
- sign on
- sign on the dotted line
- sign one's own death warrant
- sign out
- sign out of
- sign over
- sign painter
- sign painting
- sign printer
- sign printing
- sign process
- sign situation
- sign speech
- sign stimulus
- sign strike of repetition
- sign symbol
- sign system
- sign talk
- sign test
- sign the pledge
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