bride vs old man

bride

noun
  • Coordinate terms: bridegroom, groom 

  • A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. 

  • an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework 

old man

noun
  • A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age. 

  • The state of human nature without the spiritual transformation brought about by redemption through Jesus Christ. 

  • Synonym of southernwood 

  • An elderly man. 

  • Used attributively to denote something of exceptional size, strength, age etc. 

  • One's father. 

  • A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age. 

  • One's male employer, irrespective of age. 

How often have the words bride and old man occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )