bridesman

Definitions

1. A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding.
2. A male bridesmaid; a man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.

Equivalents

Examples

“It was customary, in those days, for the bride's-man and maiden, and a few select⟳ friends, to visit⟳ the newly married couple after they had retired to rest⟳ […].”

“According to him, on the following Thursday, the bridesmen, numbering “six, eight, even ten or more,” rode on horseback with four wagons to get⟳ the bride.”

“She might be renting a tux, however, as she is willing to have⟳ a bridesman.”

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