bride and groom
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- noun
- /braɪd ənd ɡruːm/
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novios
- Traditionally, the bride and groom exchange vows during the wedding ceremony.
- the bride and groom in full wedding
- the bride and groom, the marriage
They print it, but then also the bride and groom get all of them.
- They print it, but then also the bride and groom get all of them.
- They struggle watching brides and grooms being the centres of attention on their day.
- Congratulations to the bride and groom.
Examples
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I'm excited to finally meet the bride and groom tonight.
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I would like to propose a toast to the bride and groom.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the bride and groom.
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A little something for the bride and groom.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the bride and groom!
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To the bride and groom.
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Ladies and gentlemen, let's raise our glasses to the bride and groom.
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And then, at eleven thirty, the bride and groom will cut the cake in here.
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I'd like to send a congratulations out to the bride and groom, the beautiful Miss Sabrina.
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I want to do a quick toast to the bride and groom, Danny and Shelly.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the couple who are getting married' is directly and transparently derived from the coordinated combination of 'bride' (a woman during her wedding) + 'and' (a conjunction linking two items) + 'groom' (a man getting married). This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase following a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Bride and groom is the name for the two people at a wedding: bride is the woman and groom is the man. Long ago, 'groom' was a common word for a man, so the phrase simply showed the woman and her man, and today it still means 'the couple who are getting married'.