"bridesperson" meaning in English

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          "text": "This is what my young bride, and my young bridegroom, and the whole bevy of bridespeople, never gave a thought to.",
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          "ref": "1982, Joan Juliet Buck, “Epilogue”, in The Only Place to Be, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 452:",
          "text": "Raoul gave Paula away, and Breeze, his long de Vigny locks flowing over a white smock, acted as the bridesperson.",
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          "ref": "1990 October, Cheryl Reavis, “Epilogue”, in Patrick Gallagher’s Widow (Silhouette Special Edition; 627), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette Books, →ISBN, page 249:",
          "text": "The music changed; the bridespersons were coming—Rosie Madden and her braids, and Debbie and all of Saint Xavier’s kindergarten.",
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          "text": "In August I married Chris Peterson at the Topnotch Resort in Stowe, with Janine Hetherington, Bert Stewart, Rick Balakier, and Steve Sidore serving as ‘bridespeople.’",
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          "text": "“We come for our brides!” / “Does a man seek a bride on horseback?” the bridespeople challenged. / The men consulted and then dismounted, and as their followers parted to form a way for them, the three handsome bridegrooms, their golden coats fluttering on the wind, strode forward. / “Bring us our brides!” they shouted ferociously, and the crowd of bridespeople fell back.",
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        "An attendant to a bride."
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