"maid of honor" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-maid of honor.wav Forms: maids of honor [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|maids of honor}} maid of honor (plural maids of honor)
  1. The primary woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony. Categories (topical): Female people, Marriage Translations (the primary woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony): шаферка (šaferka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), svědkyně [feminine] (Czech), nevěstina svědkyně [feminine] (Czech), fianĉamikino (Esperanto), kaaso (Finnish), demoiselle d’honneur [feminine] (French), Trauzeugin [feminine] (German), (első) nyoszolyólány/koszorúslány (Hungarian), honoro-damzelo (Ido), prōnuba [feminine] (Latin), druhna [feminine] (Polish), świadkowa [feminine] (Polish), cummari [feminine] (Sicilian), abay na pandangal (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-maid_of_honor-en-noun-x6sLoIji Disambiguation of Female people: 100 0 Disambiguation of Marriage: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'the primary woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony': 99 1
  2. An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
    Sense id: en-maid_of_honor-en-noun-uZ4BWl5w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maid of honour [UK] Related terms: best man, bridesmaid, groomsman, lady-in-waiting, matron of honor, matron of honour

Inflected forms

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