brideless en · ADJ
Etymology
From bride + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a bride.
God almighty recognizes no brideless marriage […]
1991, Robert R Taylor, Jesus Christ: the hope of the home:The brideless bridegroom would permit none to interfere with his sorrow. He dug a grave for his Mora, and erected over it the rude tomb they saw […]
1829, Walter Scott, The Surgeon's Daughter: