"child bride" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-ncalif-childbride.ogg Forms: child brides [plural]
Etymology: Compound of child + bride. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|child|bride}} Compound of child + bride Head templates: {{en-noun}} child bride (plural child brides)
  1. A very young bride, usually coerced or pressured into nuptials with a much older man, as practiced in some cultures. Categories (topical): Female people, Marriage Synonyms: child-bride, childbride Translations (very young bride): عُرُوس طِفْلَة (ʕurūs ṭifla) [feminine] (Arabic), 童養媳 (Chinese Mandarin), 童养媳 (tóngyǎngxí) (Chinese Mandarin), barnebrud [common-gender] (Danish), lapsimorsian (Finnish), enfant mariée [masculine] (French), sposa bambina [feminine] (Italian), barnebrud [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), barnebrud [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), малоле́тняя неве́ста (malolétnjaja nevésta) [feminine] (Russian), novia niña [feminine] (Spanish), novia menor de edad [feminine] (Spanish)

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