A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party. / (sports, entertainment) A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.

To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.

plural of bridesmaid

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bridesmaid

Acting as bridesmaid at a wedding.

present participle of bridesmaid

simple past tense and past participle of bridesmaid

A young woman who is too young to be a full bridesmaid, but too old to be a flower girl. The junior bridesmaid usually walks down the aisle unaccompanied by a groomsman, but can be accompanied if the wedding party has an uneven number of people.

plural of junior bridesmaid

Said of a person who has potential that is never fulfilled.