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bridegroom

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


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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, 33-year-old Piramal, comes from a family that made a fortune in pharmaceuticals and real estate, with a net worth estimated at $4 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2018

A special courier arrived at full speed from North Humberiand, and delivered a message to the bridegroom.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

A New York reporter travels to Maryland to profile a woman who left three bridegrooms at the altar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2019

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

Some tables, like one with a big pink wedding cake with two bridegrooms atop or another with life-size silhouettes at each place, were gleefully outlandish.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 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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