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A bridesmaid is a girl or woman who stands with the bride on the wedding day and helps her. Traditionally she was , though that old rule is softer now. There is often more than one; the one closest to the bride may be called the maid of honour in American English, or chief bridesmaid in British English. The word is friendly and ordinary. People also joke “always a bridesmaid, never a bride” about someone who comes close to a prize but never wins — sports writers use it that way. That stretch still starts from this wedding picture: near the centre, but not the one in the dress.
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bridesmaidnoun/ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/
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A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
- I'd love to be your bridesmaid at the wedding.
- I was promised sex. Everybody said it. You'll be a bridesmaid, you'll get sex, you'll be fighting 'em off. But not so much as a tongue in sight.
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entertainmenthobbieslifestyleA person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
- He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did.
bridesmaidverb/ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/
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To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.
- "No, Trichy; I won't be Augusta's bridesmaid; I'll bide my time for bridesmaiding."
- And what's this? that isn't Herbie Frost with you in the canoe ; why he was best man when I bridesmaided Corinne.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。