child bride
noun
a very young bride.
Origin of child bride
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby child bride
chilblain,
chilcat,
child,
child abuse,
child benefit,
child bride,
child custody,
child endowment,
child guidance,
child labor,
child labor laws
Example sentences from the Web for child bride
But more than ten years were to elapse before the child-bride even saw her affianced husband.
Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 |Julia Mary CartwrightSecondly, we find her as a timid and shrinking bride, in fact almost a child-bride.
Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) |Anonymous