bridesmaid/ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/EtymologyFrom bride + -s- + maid. In the sports and entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride.nounA woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.“I'd love to be your bridesmaid at the wedding.”A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.“He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did.”verbTo act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.“"No, Trichy; I won't be Augusta's bridesmaid; I'll bide my time for bridesmaiding."”