Usually means: Marriage arranged through postal correspondence.
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  1. mail-order bride: Wiktionary
  2. Mail-Order Bride, Mail Order Bride (disambiguation), Mail-order bride, Mail order bride: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wikipedia (Mail Order Bride)

noun:  A mail-order bride is a woman who advertises her willingness to marry internationally to better her standard of living.
noun:  a 1964 American Western comedy film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Buddy Ebsen, Keir Dullea and Lois Nettleton.
noun:  a 2008 American Western television film on the Hallmark Channel.
noun:  a 1984 Australian television film about a builder who imports a Filipino bride.


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