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bridegroom

[brahyd-groom, -groom] / ˈbraɪdˌgrum, -ˌgrʊm /
NOUN
male marriage partner
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WEAK


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Anthony León, Madeleine Lyon and Anthony Ciaramitaro, in the small roles of the troublemaker Normanno, Lucia’s friend Alisa and the woe-begotten bridegroom Arturo, all make sure their smaller roles matter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

Assi said at least 65 people, including the bridegroom, were rescued on Monday, but 29 people, including children, were still missing.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2022

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

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

From BBC ● May 27, 2022

The bridegroom arrived; his parents, his relatives, our friends, the priests.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Similar to the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, brides and bridegrooms left handprints and their names and wedding dates pressed into cement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025

He works with more than 50 bridegrooms a year, mainly wanting a second or third wife – but insists never with underage brides.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2018

Amichai starts in his usual modest, accessible way—he is sitting in a waiting room, with bridegrooms who are much younger than the poet.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016

The bridegrooms planned to wear tuxedos by Joseph Abboud, which Mr. Frank noted is a union shop.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2012

One contemporary critic described Les Noces as 'enough to convert intending brides and bridegrooms to celibacy’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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