Synonyms

bridegroom

American

[brahyd-groom, -groom] / ˈbraɪdˌgrum, -ˌgrʊm /

noun

a newly married man or a man about to be married.

bridegroom British

/ ˈbraɪdˌɡruːm, -ˌɡrʊm /

noun

a man who has just been or is about to be married

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Etymology

Origin of bridegroom

before 1000; late Middle English ( Scots ) brydgrome, alteration of Middle English bridegome, Old English brȳdguma ( brȳd bride ¹ + guma man, cognate with Latin homō ), with final element conformed to groom

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