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bridegroom

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

You are the mother of the bridegroom, and he is an add-on.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2022

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

From BBC ● May 27, 2022

The old gentleman being still in a state of most estimable unconsciousness, the bridegroom cried out in his accustomed voice, “Now Aged P. you know; who giveth?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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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