bridesmaid
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bridesmaid/ˈbrʌɪdzmeɪd/
▶noun
- 1 a girl or woman who accompanies a bride on her wedding day.
- 2 informal a person who never attains a desired goal. [from the saying ‘always the bridesmaid and never the bride’.]
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