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bridesman

noun

Etymology

From bride + -s- + man, by alteration of earlier brideman; compare bridesmaid.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. formed as bridesman — “bride + -s- + man”

Definitions

  1. A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a…

    A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding.

    • It was customary, in those days, for the bride's-man and maiden, and a few select friends, to visit the newly married couple after they had retired to rest […].
    • According to him, on the following Thursday, the bridesmen, numbering “six, eight, even ten or more,” rode on horseback with four wagons to get the bride.

  2. A male bridesmaid

    A male bridesmaid; a man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.

    • She might be renting a tux, however, as she is willing to have a bridesman.

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