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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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridegroom
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The guest list has not been revealed but the groom’s parents, the Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, are expected to be in attendance, as are his sister and brother-in-law, Mike and Zara Tindall.—
Stephanie Bridger-Linning,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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Given Joe’s career as a personal trainer and that the couple actually happened to meet at the gym, the groom wanted to arrange a workout the morning of the wedding.—
Kaitlin Menza,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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The paradisiacal destination isn’t that surprising a choice to fans of Kelce and his bride to be, Taylor Swift.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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The bride and bridesmaids carried simple bouquets of white calla lilies with a few shaggy strands of amaranth.—
Kaitlin Menza,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Bridegroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridegroom. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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