0 a girl or woman who, during a war, marries a member of the armed forces from a different country --
The women who had come here as war brides were just beside themselves because they couldn't bear the thought of another war.
The shipping difficulties immediately after the war meant that two or three years elapsed before there was a clearance of war brides.
Loretta was the middle-aged war bride, who was holding out hope for her husband's safe return.
Eswyn was also compiling an extensive war bride database of those in contact with her.