Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bride \Bride\ (br[imac]d), n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud,
   burd, AS. br[=y]d; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. br[=u]d, D.
   bruid, OHG. pr[=u]t, br[=u]t, G. braut, Icel. br[=u][eth]r,
   Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br[=u][thorn]s; cf. Armor. pried
   spouse, W. priawd a married person.]
   1. A woman newly married, or about to be married.

            Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is
            dearer than the bride.                --Lyttleton.

            I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. --Rev.
                                                  xxi. 9.

   2. Fig.: An object ardently loved.

   {Bride of the sea}, the city of Venice.

Bride \Bride\, v. t.
   To make a bride of. [Obs.]

Source : WordNet®

bride
     n 1: a woman who has recently been married
     2: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: {Bridget},
         {Saint Bridget}, {St. Bridget}, {Brigid}, {Saint Brigid},
         {St. Brigid}, {Saint Bride}, {St. Bride}]
     3: a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony