Reverse Dictionary: BRIDE

NOUNS
1905 ► MAILIN → MAILING  the outfit for a bride → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1388 ► SPOUSESS a bride; a female spouse; a married woman → obs.
1537 ► WAITER a bridesmaid; an attendant upon the bride at weddings → obs. exc. Amer. dial.
1600 ► PARANYMPH a bridesmaid; a best man; a groomsman; in ancient Greece: the ‘friend of the bridegroom’ who accompanied the latter when he went to fetch home the bride; also, the bridesmaid who escorted the bride to the bridegroom 
1766 ► BEST MAID the bridesmaid or chief bridesmaid → orig. & chiefly Sc.
1774 ► WEDDINGER → WEDNER a bride or groom; a newlywed → Amer. dial.
1818 ► ALIKAY → ALLAKAY → ALLEKAY the bridegroom’s man; he who attends on the bridegroom, or is employed as his precursor, at a wedding → Sc.
1847 ► GIRL-BRIDE a young bride 
1851 ► BRIDEMAID a bridesmaid → Amer. dial.
1945 ► DRAFT BAIT a prospective bride → World War II Amer. sl.
1965 ► MAID BRIDE → MAID’S BRIDE a bridesmaid → Amer. dial.
1966 ► WAITRESS a bridesmaid at a wedding → Amer. dial.
1992 ► FAT AND WIDE a bride → UK rhyming sl.
1992 ► MOTHER’S PRIDE a bride → UK rhyming sl.
1992 ► SKINNY (AS A BROOM)  a bridegroom → UK rhyming sl.
1997 ► WIDE RECEIVER the bridesmaid most determined to snag the bride’s bouquet (Bk.)