bridegroom
Americannoun
noun
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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
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“Benedict, faithful friend of the Bridegroom, may your joy be complete as you hear his voice, now and forever.”
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2023
I love everything I’ve read by Tawada, including “The Naked Eye,” “The Bridegroom Was a Dog” and “Where Europe Begins,” and I’m always floored by her deep attention to language, her neologisms and her strangeness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2020
All stand as the Bride and Bridegroom return to the Quire.
From BBC • May 19, 2018
"Bridegroom," a film about the relationship between gay men and two movies set in Uganda "Call Me Kuchu" and "God Loves Uganda," were nominated in the outstanding documentary category.
From Reuters • Jan. 30, 2014
She’d wanted to go to a local showing of the documentary Bridegroom instead.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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