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mail-order bride

[ meyl-awr-der brahyd ]

noun

  1. a woman who solicits or accepts a contractual marriage arranged by an agency or brokerage after a period of long-distance courtship, traditionally by written correspondence.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mail-order bride1

First recorded in 1905–10

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