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war bride
noun
- a woman who marries a serviceman about to go overseas in wartime.
- a woman who marries a foreign serviceman and goes to live in his country.
war bride
noun
- a soldier's bride met as a result of troop movements in wartime, esp a foreign national
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Word History and Origins
Origin of war bride1
First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences
To research the play, Houston traveled back to Kansas, where she and her mother interviewed dozens of Japanese war brides.
From Los Angeles Times
Some soldiers married Asian women and brought them home as war brides, while others primarily viewed Asian women as sexual objects.
From Salon
He left for the United States that December, and she followed a few months later on a Red Cross ship ferrying hundreds of Italian war brides.
From Washington Post
The following May, Nancy joined 2,000 “war brides” on the Queen Mary, headed to America.
From Seattle Times
Her ship, full of war brides, zig-zagged across the Atlantic to evade U-boats.
From BBC
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