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–noun

a newly married man or a man about to be married.

[Origin: bef. 1000; late ME (Scots) brydgrome, alter. of ME bridegome, OE brȳdguma (brȳd bride¹ + guma man, c. L homō), with final element conformed to groom

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bride·groom Audio Help (brīd'grōōm', -grŏŏm') Pronunciation Key
n. A man who is about to be married or has recently been married.

[Alteration (influenced by groom) of Middle English bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma : brȳd, bride; see bride + guma, man; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

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bridegroom

O.E. brydguma "suitor," from bryd "bride" + guma "man" (cf. O.N. gumi, O.H.G. gomo, cognate with L. homo "man"). Ending altered 16c. by folk etymology after groom "groom, boy, lad" (q.v.). Common Gmc. term, except in Goth., which used bruþsfaþs, lit. "bride's lord."

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bridegroom
noun
1.	a man who has recently been married [syn: groom]
2.	a man participant in his own marriage ceremony [syn: groom]

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ˈbridegroom noun

a man about to be married, or newly married

Arabic:	عَريس
Chinese (Simplified):	新郎
Chinese (Traditional):	新郎
Czech:	ženich
Danish:	brudgom
Dutch:	bruidegom
Estonian:	peigmees
Finnish:	sulhanen
French:	(jeune, *futur) marié
German:	der Bräutigam
Greek:	γαμπρός, μελλόνυμφος
Hungarian:	vőlegény
Icelandic:	brúðgumi
Indonesian:	pengantin pria
Italian:	sposo

Japanese:	新郎
Korean:	신랑
Latvian:	līgavainis; jaunlaulātais
Lithuanian:	jaunikis
Norwegian:	brudgom
Polish:	pan młody
Portuguese (Brazil):	noivo, recém-casado
Portuguese (Portugal):	noivo
Romanian:	mire
Russian:	жених
Slovak:	ženích
Slovenian:	ženin
Spanish:	novio
Swedish:	brudgum
Turkish:	damat

See also: bride, bridesmaid, bridal

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Bridegroom

Bride"groom`\ (-gr[=oo]m`), n. [OE. bridegome, brudgume, AS. br[=y]dguma (akin to OS. br[=u]digumo, D. bruidegom, bruigom, OHG. pr[=u]tigomo, MHG. briutegome, G. br["a]utigam); AS. br[=y]d bride + guma man, akin to Goth. guma, Icel. gumi, OHG. gomo, L. homo; the insertion of r being caused by confusion with groom. See Bride, and cf. Groom, Homage.] A man newly married, or just about to be married.

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