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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

Then the baishakunin, whose work was to procure brides, showed them twelve acres of prime mountain land, which, he said, the potential bridegroom intended to purchase upon his return from America.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

Look closely at any location, sea or beachscape, and a wedding couple will pop up — brides and bridegrooms in mixed and matched pairs: opposite sex, same sex, varied races and nationalities.

From New York Times Jul. 27, 2016

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

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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