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BRIDEGROOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who has recently been married
Synonyms:
bridegroom; groom
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bridegroom" is a kind of...):
honeymooner; newlywed (someone recently married)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A man participant in his own marriage ceremony
Synonyms:
bridegroom; groom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bridegroom" is a kind of...):
participant; player (someone who takes part in an activity)
Holonyms ("bridegroom" is a member of...):
wedding; wedding party (a party of people at a wedding)
Context examples:
I wonder what other bridegroom ever looked as he did—so bent up to a purpose, so grimly resolute: or who, under such steadfast brows, ever revealed such flaming and flashing eyes.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I wish you well, my dear, I heartily wish you well, but I think you'll be sorry for it, said Aunt March to Meg, adding to the bridegroom, as he led her to the carriage, You've got a treasure, young man, see that you deserve it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Between them an elderly, grey-bearded man, wearing a short surplice over a light tweed suit, had evidently just completed the wedding service, for he pocketed his prayer-book as we appeared, and slapped the sinister bridegroom upon the back in jovial congratulation.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And she gave her a waiting-maid to ride with her, and give her into the bridegroom’s hands; and each had a horse for the journey.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
It appears that she was formerly a danseuse at the Allegro, and that she has known the bridegroom for some years.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yes; the future bridegroom, Mr. Rochester himself, exercised over his intended a ceaseless surveillance; and it was from this sagacity—this guardedness of his—this perfect, clear consciousness of his fair one's defects—this obvious absence of passion in his sentiments towards her, that my ever- torturing pain arose.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
There were to be no ceremonious performances, everything was to be as natural and homelike as possible, so when Aunt March arrived, she was scandalized to see the bride come running to welcome and lead her in, to find the bridegroom fastening up a garland that had fallen down, and to catch a glimpse of the paternal minister marching upstairs with a grave countenance and a wine bottle under each arm.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The princess asked what she meant, and she said, “Let me speak with the bridegroom this night in his chamber, and I will give thee the dress.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
On ascertaining that his daughter had disappeared, Mr. Aloysius Doran, in conjunction with the bridegroom, instantly put themselves in communication with the police, and very energetic inquiries are being made, which will probably result in a speedy clearing up of this very singular business.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The bridegroom, who during this recital had grown deadly pale, up and tried to escape, but the guests seized him and held him fast.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
