Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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n. A woman who is soon to be married.
WordNet
n. a woman who is engaged to be married [syn: fiancee]
Usage examples of "bride-to-be".
The common people had sympathy for a king whose bride-to-be had been brutally murdered -even if that bride was only a Madi, or half-Madi.
The bride-to-be of Zaa occupied a place of honor beside Dian in the front row of seats.
It was 5:23 when he and his bride-to-be were kneeling before the aged Archdean of Florin.
My bride-to-be was a startlingly pretty girl whose name was Fainting Maid.
The bride-to-be and her party were arranged in a line opposite the groom-to-be and his party, like two small armies facing off.
He was in seventh heaven in Germany, and Sam teased him about it constantly, but when he came in that night, Arthur wasn't there, and Sam went to bed, his head filled with thoughts of his bride-to-be, and the life they would share in New York.
As much as Garion wanted to stay on Brand's good side, however, he did not intend to start off the official relationship between his bride-to-be and himself by publicly humiliating her.
His bride-to-be had once been betrothed to a human named Kevin Wyatt thanks to some arcane Betazoid ritual that Lwaxana, in a fit of lunacy, decided to impose on her daughter.