maid of honour

US and Canadian the principal unmarried attendant of a bride Compare bridesmaid, matron of honour

British a small tart with an almond-flavoured filling

an unmarried lady attending a queen or princess

Words nearby maid of honour

The maid-of-honour looked about the blue-and-white room with thoughtful eyes.

The Indifference of Juliet |Grace S. Richmond
That Charles was more infatuated even with the wife than with the maid-of-honour is incontestable.

Love Romances of the Aristocracy |Thornton Hall
Then it was that the something came into her eyes which the maid-of-honour had described as the appearance of one seeing ghosts.

The Tempering |Charles Neville Buck
The best man said that he and the maid-of-honour would walk the half-mile to the station.

The Indifference of Juliet |Grace S. Richmond

And it says much for the character and moral force of the maid-of-honour that William meekly put himself in the position of pupil.

Just William |Richmal Crompton