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 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.
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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
Advertisement Yelena’s mother has her children choose the endings of their bedtime stories each night: a Russian ending (such as wolf eating a bride) or an American ending (the bridegroom cutting open the wolf’s stomach to release the happy bride).
—Carole Burns, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
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Carrying Mandarin-style wooden ducks (won-ang seteu) down the aisle symbolizes the groom's commitment to his partner and represents virtues like fidelity, harmony, and family in Korean culture.—
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Watch exclusive 'Rental Family' scene In an exclusive scene, Phillip (Fraser) gets cold feet about being the groom in a young woman’s fake wedding to please her parents, and co-worker Aiko (Mari Yamamoto) has to snap him out of it.—
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The home's size and layout proved to be a major convenience for the wedding party and the family of the bride.—
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Gomez and Blanco's wedding took place in California, with both the bride and groom wearing custom Ralph Lauren.—
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“Bridegroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridegroom. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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