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mail-order bride

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A woman who is listed in a catalogue to be selected by a man for marriage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Narrower terms: cyberbride

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Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵購新娘 /邮购新娘 (yóugòu xīnniáng) — a woman in a catalogue for marriage
  • Dutch: importbruid — a woman in a catalogue for marriage
  • Finnish: postimyyntimorsian — a woman in a catalogue for marriage
  • Russian: неве́ста по по́чте (nevésta po póčte) — a woman in a catalogue for marriage