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bride⋅groom

  [brahyd-groom, -groom]
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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 bride 1 + guma man, c. L homō), with final element conformed to groom
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bride·groom   (brīd'grōōm', -grŏŏm')   
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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