bridegroom

noun

bride·​groom ˈbrīd-ˌgrüm How to pronounce bridegroom (audio)
-ˌgru̇m
: a man just married or about to be married

Examples of bridegroom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Miss Manners would support your both attending the funeral, with appropriate apologies to the bride, the bridegroom and the bridegroom’s mother. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024 In the show, when a bridegroom from the U.K. is found dead days before his wedding, two cops must unravel the troubling case as turbulence unfolds in their own lives. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2023 Advertisement Yelena’s mother has her children choose the endings of their bedtime stories each night: a Russian ending (such as wolf eating a bride) or an American ending (the bridegroom cutting open the wolf’s stomach to release the happy bride). Carole Burns, Washington Post, 6 July 2023 Her bridegroom’s voice? Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022 The bridegroom was among those hurt. Sofia Barrett, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021 All things being equal, the bridegroom — who had his own relationship with you — should not have excluded you when his anger was with your son. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023 All things being equal, the bridegroom -- who had his own relationship with you -- should not have excluded you when his anger was with your son. Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 13 Jan. 2023 Brydgome became bridegroom after gome became obsolete in the early 16th century, perhaps because groom was already in common use and resembled it. Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2022

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English (Scots) brydegrome, by folk etymology from Middle English bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from brȳd + guma man; akin to Old High German brūtgomo bridegroom — more at homage

First Known Use

1525, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bridegroom was in 1525

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“Bridegroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bridegroom. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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bridegroom

noun
bride·​groom -ˌgrüm How to pronounce bridegroom (audio)
-ˌgru̇m
: a man just married or about to be married
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