bridesmaid

Etymology
From. Sports/entertainment sense: in reference to the saying.

Noun

 * 1) A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
 * 2)  A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
 * 1)  A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
 * 1)  A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: strooimeisie
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: шаферка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: družička
 * Danish: brudepige
 * Esperanto: fianĉamikino
 * Faroese: brúðkona
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: παράνυμφος
 * Hiligaynon: abay
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cailín coimhdeachta
 * Italian: damigella d'onore
 * Japanese: ブライズメイド, 花嫁介添人, 介添人
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: деверица
 * Norman: fil'ye d'honneu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: brudepike, forlover
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: dama de honra
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: подру́жка неве́сты,, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: maighdean-phòsaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: družica
 * Spanish: dama de honor
 * Sundanese: ᮕᮌᮛᮚᮥ
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dama sa kasal, abay sa kasal
 * Telugu: తోడిపెండ్లికూతురు
 * Thai: เพื่อนเจ้าสาว
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish: ikuinen kakkonen

Verb

 * 1) To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.

Translations

 * Finnish: toimia morsiusneitona
 * Irish: seas
 * Swedish: vara