[noun] [C] - a girl or woman who during the marriage ceremony helps the woman who is getting marriedThe bridesmaids were in peach-coloured satin.She wondered if she was destined to be always a/the bridesmaid, never the bride (= She asked herself if she would ever get married).
BRIDESMAID
Meaning of BRIDESMAID in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012