"mail-order bride" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mail-order brides [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mail-order bride (plural mail-order brides)
  1. A woman who is listed in a catalogue to be selected by a man for marriage. Wikipedia link: mail-order bride Categories (topical): Female people, Marriage Hyponyms: cyberbride Translations (a woman in a catalogue for marriage): 郵購新娘 (Chinese Mandarin), 邮购新娘 (yóugòu xīnniáng) (Chinese Mandarin), importbruid [feminine] (Dutch), postimyyntimorsian (Finnish), неве́ста по по́чте (nevésta po póčte) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mail-order_bride-en-noun-reqBAOmr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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