What does bridegroom mean?
Definitions for bridegroom
ˈbraɪdˌgrum, -ˌgrʊmbride·groom
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word bridegroom.
Princeton's WordNet
groom, bridegroomnoun
a man who has recently been married
groom, bridegroomnoun
a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
Wiktionary
bridegroomnoun
a man on his wedding day, just before it or small time after that
Etymology: From brydguma, from bryd + guma, influenced by groom through folk etymology.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bridegroomnoun
A new married man.
Etymology: from bride and groom.
As are those dulcet sounds in break of day,
That creep into the dreaming bridegroom’s ear,
And summon him to marriage. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.Why, happy bridegroom!
Why dost thou steal so soon away to bed? Dryden.
Wikipedia
Bridegroom
A bridegroom (often shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bridegroom's future spouse (if female) is usually referred to as the bride. A bridegroom is typically attended by a best man and groomsmen.
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bridegroom
A bridegroom is a man on his wedding day, or just before or after the event. He is typically engaged in marrying a woman and is hence committed to being her husband. The term is often shortened to "groom".
Webster Dictionary
Bridegroomnoun
a man newly married, or just about to be married
Editors Contribution
bridegroom
A male to marry.
The groom was so looking forward to seeing his bride on their wedding day.
Submitted by MaryC on January 11, 2020
Etymology and Origins
Bridegroom
The word groom comes from the Gothic and Anglo-Saxon guma, man, allied to the Latin homo, man. It still expresses a man-servant who grooms or attends to his master’s horse.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BRIDEGROOM
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bridegroom is ranked #88020 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bridegroom surname appeared 211 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bridegroom.
94.3% or 199 total occurrences were White.
2.8% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.3% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bridegroom in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bridegroom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of bridegroom in a Sentence
Relations and friends of the groom and bridegroom were just gathering when the bomb explosions happened.
Elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it's the same with Public Officials.
From the time of Christ’s birth on that first Christmas morning, to His sacrificial death on the cross, to His resurrection from the tomb, the Bible only refers to Jesus Christ as a male, the Bible has many names for Jesus, including Son of God, Son of Man, Prince of Peace, King of Kings, and the bridegroom of the Church.
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- bruidegomAfrikaans
- عريسArabic
- kürəkənAzerbaijani
- жані́хBelarusian
- жени́х, младоженецBulgarian
- nuviCatalan, Valencian
- ženichCzech
- brudgomDanish
- BräutigamGerman
- γαμπρός, μελλόνυμφοςGreek
- novioSpanish
- دوماد, داماد, دوماPersian
- sulhanenFinnish
- époux, marié, futur marié, jeune marié, futur épouxFrench
- fear nuadh-pòsda, fear na bainnseScottish Gaelic
- dooinney-pooseeManx
- חָתָןHebrew
- vőlegényHungarian
- փեսացու, փեսաArmenian
- fiancitulo, fiancitino, fiancitoIdo
- brúðgumiIcelandic
- sposoItalian
- 花婿, 婿, 新郎Japanese
- საქმრო, ნეფეGeorgian
- күйеуKazakh
- កូនកំលោះKhmer
- 신랑Korean
- زاواKurdish
- куйооKyrgyz
- BräitchemannLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ເຈົ້າບ່າວLao
- līgavainisLatvian
- tāne mārenaMāori
- младо́женецMacedonian
- хүргэн, шинэ хүргэнMongolian
- pengantin lelakiMalay
- għarusMaltese
- သတိုးသား, သတို့သားBurmese
- bruidegomDutch
- brudgomNorwegian Nynorsk
- brudgomNorwegian
- pan młody, nowożeniecPolish
- noivoPortuguese
- новобра́чный, жени́хRussian
- ُگھوٽSindhi
- женик, ženik, mladoženja, младожењаSerbo-Croatian
- ženíchSlovak
- ženinSlovene
- dhëndërAlbanian
- brudgumSwedish
- వరుడు, పెళ్ళి కొడుకుTelugu
- домодTajik
- เจ้าบ้าวThai
- damatTurkish
- жени́хUkrainian
- kuyovUzbek
- rể, chú rểVietnamese
- higam, gam, jigamVolapük
- כאָסןYiddish
- 新郎Chinese
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