bridegroom
Americannoun
noun
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
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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
A bridegroom hurries by plane to his wedding, but he and his seatmate must find other modes of travel.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2019
The old gentleman being still in a state of most estimable unconsciousness, the bridegroom cried out in his accustomed voice, “Now Aged P. you know; who giveth?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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