bridegroom:
[in short: ‘groom‘; plural: ‘bridegrooms‘; pronunciation: ‘bride…groom’; female: ‘bride’ (previous entry)]
a man, usually a young man, who is about to be married or has just married,
a Chinese bridegroom (R) with his bride (L)
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It is a universal custom for the bridegroom to wait for his bride to go to him.
A man is called a bridegroom just before or at his wedding and, once the wedding ceremony is over, he becomes a husband.
In Western societies, a bridegroom is accompanied by, usually another man, a close relative or best friend, called Best Man or Groomsman, who stays with the groom all through the ceremony and also carries the wedding ring on him until the marriage official asks for it.
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Note: ‘Groom’ and “Grooms”, always with a capital “G”, are often found in the names of people, e.g. Michael Groom, Carol Grooms, Kyle Grooms, etc.
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