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A man participant in his own marriage ceremony
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bridegroom
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a man who has recently been married [syn: groom ] a man participant in his own marriage ceremony [syn: groom ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And how had her steps fitted in with those of the bridegroom ? ▪ He could have been her phantom bridegroom sleeping and, overwhelmed, she slept. ▪ Her bridegroom , Petruchio, has a wardrobe full of Georgio Armani suits. ▪ Other ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A man on his wedding day, just before it or a short time after it.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A bridegroom (sometimes shortened to groom ) is a man who will soon or has recently been married . A bridegroom is typically attended by a best man and groomsmen .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English brydguma "suitor," from bryd "bride" (see bride ) + guma "man" (source also of Old Norse gumi , Old High German gomo , cognate with Latin homo "man;" see homunculus ). Ending altered 16c. by folk etymology after groom (n.) "groom, boy, lad" ...
Usage examples of bridegroom.
No doubt the old cheery publicity is a little embarrassing to the two most concerned, and the old marriage customs, the singing of the bride and bridegroom to their nuptial couch, the frank jests, the country horse-play, must have fretted the souls of many a lover before Shelley, who, it will be remembered, resented the choral celebrations of his Scotch landlord and friends by appearing at his bedroom door with a brace of pistols.
With all its sweet and mystical significance, surely the prevailing feeling in the hearts of bride and bridegroom is, or should be, that of happiness,--happiness bubbling and dancing, all sunny ripples from heart to heart.
The bridegroom did not keep us waiting long,--I noticed that he had a rather delicate sad face,--and presently the service began.
When they had informed her that there would be far less pain and far more pleasure if her bridegroom took the time to make her ready for him, she had quipped that perhaps they should be having their conversation with him instead of her.
They all sat round to eat, and the bridegroom took his seat in a high-backed chair placed near his bed, looking very stupid and pitiful as you may imagine.
And the poor bridegroom abandoned his newly-delivered bride the first night, fearing that she would do the same another time, and not knowing what would become of him if so.
Now it is the custom that the bride and bridegroom confess on that day.
The bridegroom came first, and when he had finished, he withdrew to a little distance saying his orisons and his paternosters.
The bridegroom, who had heard these words, was not best pleased, but nevertheless thought it not the right moment to show his vexation.
The bridegroom whispered to a friend of his whom he dearly loved, to fetch a big handful of birch rods, and hide them secretly under the bed, and this the other did.
The bridegroom came soon after, and lay on the other edge of the bed without approaching her, or saying a word and in the morning he rose without doing anything else, and hid his rods again under the bed.
She was soon relieved of the cloak in which she was huddled-up, and when the bridegroom and the others who were there saw her uncovered, you may guess they were as much surprised as though horns had cropped up on their heads.
The bridegroom, and all those who were there, began to laugh, and said that the priest had played them this trick.
The bridegroom, when he saw the old woman, and heard her speak, was much surprised, and so were his father and mother, and all who were there assembled.
I must to choir, and thou Into the world to watch and wait and pray Until the Bridegroom comes.