Bridesmaid
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late 18th century: alteration of earlier bridemaid .
wiktionary
From bride + -s- + maid. Sports/entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
etymonline
bridesmaid (n.)
"young girl or unmarried woman who attends on a bride at her wedding," 1550s, bridemaid, from bride + maid. The -s- is unetymological but began to appear by 1794 and the form with it predominated by the end of the 19c. Brideman is attested from 1610s as "bridegroom;" bridesman is from 1808 as "male attendant on a bridegroom at his wedding."
