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bridegroom

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bride·groom  (brdgrm, -grm)
n.
A man who is about to be married or has recently been married.

[Alteration (influenced by groom) of Middle English bridegome, from Old English brdguma : brd, bride; see bride + guma, man; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

bridegroom
Noun
a man who has just been or is about to be married [Old English brȳdguma]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bridegroombridegroom - a man who has recently been married
honeymooner, newlywed - someone recently married
2.bridegroombridegroom - a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
wedding party, wedding - a party of people at a wedding
participant - someone who takes part in an activity

bridegroom
noun husband, groom, newly-wed, marriage partner
Translations
Spanish bridegroom [ˈbraɪdgruːm] nnovio
French bridegroom [ˈbraɪdgruːm] bride nmarié m, époux m
German bridegroom [ˈbraɪdgruːm] nBräutigam m
Italian bridegroom [ˈbraɪdgruːm] nsposo

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Every time there was heard the creak of the opened door the conversation in the crowd died away, and everybody looked round expecting to see the bride and bridegroom come in.
By some accident the bridegroom was a little less punctual than the widow and her bridal attendants; with whose arrival, after this tedious, but necessary preface, the action of our tale may be said to commence.
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.
 
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