FLOWER GIRL


Meaning of FLOWER GIRL in English

n

1. ( AmE ) a very young girl who walks behind the bride at a wedding and holds flowers or throws flower petals. She is usually a member of the family of one of the people who are being married.

2. ( BrE ) ( especially in the past ) a woman or girl who sells flowers in the street:

Shaw’s play about Eliza Doolittle, the cockney flower girl.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.