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Meaning of bridal dinner in English:

bridal dinner

noun

  • 1A dinner held to celebrate a marriage, a wedding feast (now archaic).

  • 2North American A dinner given the evening before a wedding, typically for the bride and groom and their closest relatives and friends.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in William Shakespeare (1564–1616), playwright and poet.