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
Renting out the bride (or bridegroom), even for short periods, does not strike Miss Manners as festive.
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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
Her bridegroom’s voice?
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
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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
Her bridegroom’s voice?
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
See All Example Sentences for bridegroom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridegroom
Noun
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To be honest, a wedding would be a iconic excuse for missing an awards show at which both the bride and groom are nominated.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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While the soon-to-be groom wore a cream shirt and loose-fitting pants, Smith was dressed in a white silk dress.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Aguilar spends most of her weekends manning her wooden, minimalist photo booths – a rustic aesthetic the blends in with Southern California’s hilly vistas – for brides, grooms and all their guests.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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The new bride resumed her teaching duties, remaining at Rohwer through the waning days of the war in mid-1945.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Bridegroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridegroom. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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