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Webster 1913 Edition


Bridegroom

Bride′groomˊ

(-groōmˊ)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bridegome
,
brudgume
, AS.
brȳdguma
(akin to OS.
brūdigumo
, D.
bruidegom
,
bruigom
, OHG.
prūtigomo
, MHG.
briutegome
, G.
bräutigam
); AS.
brȳd
bride +
guma
man, akin to Goth.
guma
, Icel.
gumi
, OHG.
gomo
, L.
homo
; the insertion of r being caused by confusion with
groom
. See
Bride
, and cf.
Groom
,
Homage
.]
A man newly married, or just about to be married.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bridegroom

BRI'DEGROOM

,
Noun.
A man newly married; or a man about to be married. The passage of Shakespeare cited by Johnson proves that the last definition is just.
As are those dulcet sounds in break of day,
That creep into the dreaming bridegroom's ear,
And summon him to marriage.

BRI'DEGROOM

,
Noun.
[See Bridegroom.]

Definition 2024


bridegroom

bridegroom

English

Alternative forms

Noun

bridegroom (plural bridegrooms)

  1. A man on his wedding day, just before it or a short time after it.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • bridegroom-to-be
  • would-be bridegroom

Related terms

  • groom-to-be
  • would-be groom

Translations

See also

  • husband-to-be
  • wife-to-be