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
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.
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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
Her bridegroom’s voice?
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
The bridegroom was among those hurt.
—Sofia Barrett, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
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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
Her bridegroom’s voice?
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
The bridegroom was among those hurt.
—Sofia Barrett, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
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“Bridegroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridegroom. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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