as in groom
a man who has just married or is about to be married
the bride and bridegroom
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Recent Examples of bridegroom
The relevant tradition is that the bride and bridegroom each choose who should stand up for them.
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
The happy couple are therefore within their rights not to reissue invitations that were previously declined merely because the date, the location and the entree (though not, perhaps, the bridegroom) have changed.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Renting out the bride (or bridegroom), even for short periods, does not strike Miss Manners as festive.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
In the show, when a bridegroom from the U.K. is found dead days before his wedding, two cops must unravel the troubling case as turbulence unfolds in their own lives.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2023
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
The happy couple are therefore within their rights not to reissue invitations that were previously declined merely because the date, the location and the entree (though not, perhaps, the bridegroom) have changed.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Renting out the bride (or bridegroom), even for short periods, does not strike Miss Manners as festive.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
In the show, when a bridegroom from the U.K. is found dead days before his wedding, two cops must unravel the troubling case as turbulence unfolds in their own lives.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2023
See All Example Sentences for bridegroom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridegroom
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The surrogate teaches the pup to groom, forage, and behave like a wild otter, Long said.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Also, don’t expect to see the bride and groom drinking from the same bar glasses as everyone else.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026
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Marty’s lavish wedding — staged in what appears to be the Bellagio courtyard — then implodes when FBI agents storm in and arrest his bride for international fraud.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2026
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The storybook ceremony was attended by several generations of British royal family members and Queen Elizabeth bestowed her grandson Harry and his bride with the titles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex upon their nuptials.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Bridegroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridegroom. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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