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English Dictionary: Bridegroom by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bridegroom
n
  1. a man who has recently been married [syn: groom, bridegroom]
  2. a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
    Synonym(s): groom, bridegroom
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bridegroom \Bride"groom`\ (-gr[oomac]m`), n. [OE. bridegome,
      brudgume, AS. br[ymac]dguma (akin to OS. br[umac]digumo, D.
      bruidegom, bruigom, OHG. pr[umac]tigomo, MHG. briutegome, G.
      br[84]utigam); AS. br[ymac]d bride + guma man, akin to Goth.
      guma, Icel. gumi, OHG. gomo, L. homo; the insertion of r
      being caused by confusion with groom. See {Bride}, and cf.
      {Groom}, {Homage}.]
      A man newly married, or just about to be married.
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