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groomsman

noun

Etymology

From groom + -s- + man.

  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 groomsman — “groom + -s- + man”

Definitions

  1. A man who serves as one of a number of attendants to a bridegroom at a wedding, one of…

    A man who serves as one of a number of attendants to a bridegroom at a wedding, one of whom is the best man.

    • The Scotchman, who assisted as groomsman, was of course the only one present, beyond the chief actors, who knew the true situation of the contracting parties.
    • 1888, Horatio Alger, The Errand Boy, Chapter XIV: Consulting the Oracle, "Philip," said Mr. Wilbur, "when I marry, I want you to stand up with me--to be my groomsman."
    • There were eight bridesmaids and groomsmen, and I asked McClellan and Franklin to be of the number, but distant service prevented them from coming, and Burnside and Reno, of the Ordnance, took their places.

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