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bridegroom

noun
/ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːm/

Etymology

From Middle English brydgrome, bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô; equivalent to Old English brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man”). Altered by folk etymology to end with groom, with it re-analyzed as or influenced by grom, grome (“attendant”), as guma was obsolete. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Brüüdicham, Dutch bruidegom, Afrikaans bruidegom, German Low German Brödigam, Brüdigam, Brögam, Brügam, Plautdietsch Briegaum, German Bräutigam, Norwegian Bokmål brudgom, Norwegian Nynorsk brudgom, Danish brudgom, Swedish brudgum, Icelandic brúðgumi, Faroese brúðgómur.

  1. inherited from *brūdigumô✻
  2. inherited from brȳdguma
  3. inherited from brydgrome

Definitions

  1. A man in the context of his own wedding

    A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

    • Coordinate term: bride

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bridegroom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA