Definitions for bridesman
brides·man

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1. bridesmannoun

   A man who walks down the aisle in the bridal ceremony in the traditional place of a bridesmaid.

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1. Bridesman

   A bridesman is a close male friend and/or relative of the bride, one who walks down the aisle in the bridal ceremony in the traditional place of a bridesmaid. Charlotte Brontë made reference to bridesmen, seemingly in the modern sense, in the final chapter of her 1859 novel Shirley, which is set in Yorkshire in 1811–12: "Amongst the bridal train the most noticeable personages were the youthful bridesmen, Henry Sympson and Martin Yorke." The term, however, has an ancient and obscure, possibly confabulated origin. The term is first noted by the Encyclopaedia Judaica from the European Jewish Diaspora of the middle of the 13th century. In this context, a bridesman was not a friend of the bride but of the groom. He paid for and arranged the wedding from his own money and would be repaid someday by the groom. It was a position of the highest level of honor in male friendship. It was akin to the modern-day best man. In Hungary, where the word for bridesman is "vőfély" or sometimes "vőfény" (depending on the region), the ancient tradition of the bridesman is still very popular. The vőfély is the "spokesman" of the bridegroom ("vő" means son-in-law).

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1. Bridesmannoun

   a male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man."

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1. Bridesman

   In contemporary western culture a bridesman is a male friend of the bride, one who walks down the aisle in the bridal ceremony in the traditional place of a bridesmaid. The term however has an ancient and obscure, possibly confabulated origin. The term is first noted by the encyclopedia Judaica from the European Diaspora of the middle of the 13th century. In this context, a bridesman was not a friend of the bride but of the groom. He paid for and arranged the wedding from his own money and would be repaid someday by the groom. It was a position of the highest level of honor in male friendship. It was akin to the modern-day best man. In Hungary the ancient tradition of the bridesman is still very popular. They call him vőfély or in some regions "vőfény". The vőfély is the "spokesman" of the bridegroom.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bridesman in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bridesman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bridesman
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridesman
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bridesman
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bridesman