bridegroom

American  

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

noun

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

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bridegroom British  

/ ˈbraɪdˌɡruːm, -ˌɡrʊm /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

“An hour before the ceremony, the bridegroom swaggers in in his white undershirt,” Weiss writes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

If the bride cannot tolerate yielding the spotlight, even for a few minutes, to her own 90-year-old grandmother, perhaps someone should warn the bridegroom.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022

Saleem Assi said at least 65 people, including the bridegroom, were rescued and nearly two dozen people, including children, were still missing.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2022

"We got arrested together - Asya, our friends and even her parents," said the bridegroom.

From BBC • May 27, 2022

Still, he was surely the bridegroom; I saw that his forehead had been painted, and he wore a marigold garland.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan