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MAID OF HONOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maid of honor mean?
• MAID OF HONOR (noun)
The noun MAID OF HONOR has 1 sense:
1. an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
Familiarity information: MAID OF HONOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bridesmaid; maid of honor
Hypernyms ("maid of honor" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Holonyms ("maid of honor" is a member of...):
wedding; wedding party (a party of people at a wedding)
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