bridesmaid vs flower girl

bridesmaid

noun
  • A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party. 

  • A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first. 

verb
  • To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony. 

flower girl

noun
  • A participant in a wedding procession, whose responsibility is usually to spread flower petals on the floor before the bride, or to carry a bouquet of flowers. 

  • A female flower child. 

  • A girl who sells flowers. 

How often have the words bridesmaid and flower girl occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )