as in grooms
a man who has just married or is about to be married
the bride and bridegroom
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husbands
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In this sketch, a group of women worries about whether their husbands in the other room are getting along.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Apr. 2026 -
What looked at first to be a repeat of a recent sketch about wine-drinking wives chatting in the kitchen and playing truth or dare instead pivoted to a scene about husbands stuck together in a den with nothing to talk about.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Bridegrooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridegrooms. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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