paranymph

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The function of the bridegroom’s friend, or paranymph, was to ask the hand of the bride for the bridegroom, and to arrange the marriage.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus

These crowds you complain of are evidence that I have not discharged the function of paranymph in vain.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus

In the evening, the "fiancee" is conducted to her new home in a flowered chariot between her husband and the paranymph, escorted by torch-bearers and flute-girls.

From Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite by Lou?s, Pierre