Maid-of-honor definition

maids-of-honor
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The chief unmarried woman attendant of a bride.
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An unmarried noblewoman attendant upon a queen or princess.
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An unmarried woman acting as chief attendant to the bride at a wedding.
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An unmarried woman, usually of noble birth, attending a queen or princess.
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The primary woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
maid-of-honor
Plural:
maids-of-honor

Maid-of-honor Sentence Examples

  • Be sure to thank the bride for asking you to be the maid of honor.

  • Julie had recently delivered her second child and was to be the maid of honor at her sister's upcoming wedding.

  • The maid of honor had a bit too much to drink or she simply forgets what to say.

  • Her make-up was smeared from walking through the Monterey mists, her maid-of-honor dress wrinkled from constant sitting and standing.

  • It was in July, 1805, and the speaker was the well-known Anna Pavlovna Scherer, maid of honor and favorite of the Empress Marya Fedorovna.

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