bridegroom
a newly married man or a man about to be married.
Origin of bridegroom
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How to use bridegroom in a sentence
I felt like the spirit of a departed bridegroom hovering over the scene of his own wedding.
Bride and bridegroom, accompanied by the weeping crowd, proceeded to the castle gate.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsA ghostly mate would be no very pleasant bridegroom for a young lady.
And the bridegroom shall rejoice over the bride, and thy God shall rejoice over thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousTressan was ugly as a toad, the most absurd, ridiculous bridegroom that ever led woman to the altar.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
Both the bridegroom and the bride were mere children, the bridegroom only fifteen, the bride only eleven.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for bridegroom
/ (ˈbraɪdˌɡruːm, -ˌɡrʊm) /
a man who has just been or is about to be married
Origin of bridegroom
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