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In Alfred Hitchcock’s film Rebecca, wealthy widow Maxim de Winter marries again and moves his new bride to Manderley, his English country estate.—James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026 Since the wedding and the charges, LaGrone's bride, Brockway, has kept a relatively low profile on social media, and only began sharing photos of her and her husband traveling again in the summer of 2024.—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026 Edward and Rhys-Jones married on June 19, 1999, with the bride receiving a traditional Welsh gold wedding band.—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026 The bride’s father, Bob Brockway, owns a group of Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Florida but lives in the Fort Worth area.—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bride
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English brȳd; akin to Old High German brūt bride
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of bride was
before the 12th century
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