If the maid of honor in a wedding is married, she is called the matron of honor. But what if one of the other bridesmaids is married? Would she still be known as a bridesmaid, or is there another title?
I’m sure I’ve been to weddings where some of the “bridesmaids” were married, but I’m wondering more about what the traditional title would be, if there is one.
Matron of honour.
And good old “Quick Draw” Mal shoots himself squarely in the foot, again. :smack:
It looks like they are still called bridesmaids (once the tradition of them being married went by the wayside, I guess the meaning of the word expanded). Googling “bridesmatron” does generate some hits but they seem to be people referring to themselves that way, casually.
Attendants
Jayjay is on target: a married woman in the bridal party who would have been a bridesmaid if unmarried is traditionally termed an “attendant.”
But there seems to be a marked change, even in wedding terminology, from the old days when marriage marked a sea change in how a woman was referred to. I don’t think that most people would do any sort of doubletake today in seeing a mixed group of married and unmarried women referred to as either “bridesmaids” or “attendants.” The “maid/matron of hono(u)r” usage distinction does seem to have some longevity, though.
Hijack… is the distinction of being married/unmarried (or at-least-once-married/never-married) the only proper dividing line between matron of honor/maid of honor??
I’m asking because it occured to me a little while for a story I’m writing. In a particular wedding, the bride’s best friend forever, (and obvious choice for honor attendant,) had never been married, but she’d been engaged, the fiance had died tragically, and the best friend is at this point the single mother of a 3-month old baby girl. ‘Maid’ in the traditional sense doesn’t seem to quite cover her situation.
However, the bride, who’s not particularly traditional herself, has decreed that the proper title for her honor attendant in her wedding is neither of the usual choices, but ‘lady of honor.’ 
Okay, explanatory ramble ends here. Anybody have any actual comments on how a situation like that would affect the usual titles, or not?? 
“Bridesmatron”? After reading references to “matron of honour”, I realised that I’d parsed that word all wrong, like it was some sort of robot: “braidz-muh-tron” and I had images of the old Robotron:2084 game, but with pink glitter and stuff. Maybe Bridesmatron could go up against Bridezilla. Hmm. Actually, that has potential. 
Carry on.
To a real traditionalist, she would still be called “maid of honor” (or “filthy whore”, depending on how old-school we’re getting.) However, I can completely agree with your character inventing a new title for her, and I’d probably do the same thing IRL.
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