bridegroom

[ brahyd-groom, -groom ]
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noun
  1. a newly married man or a man about to be married.

Origin of bridegroom

1
before 1000; late Middle English (Scots ) brydgrome, alteration of Middle English bridegome,Old English brȳdguma (brȳdbride1 + guma man, cognate with Latin homō), with final element conformed to groom

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bridegroom

/ (ˈbraɪdˌɡruːm, -ˌɡrʊm) /


noun
  1. a man who has just been or is about to be married

Origin of bridegroom

1
C14: changed (through influence of groom) from Old English brӯdguma, from brӯd bride 1 + guma man; related to Old Norse brūthgumi, Old High German brūtigomo

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