groom
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1.0
- noun
- /ɡruːm/
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novio
- Ladies and gentlemen, let's raise a toast to the wonderful bride and groom.
- bride and groom
- the groom's family
- the groom's parents
I slept with the groom on his stag do.
- I slept with the groom on his stag do.
- I like especially like looking, I love looking at the groom.
- So that meant having a pretty much like a bridal Indian outfit on and he was wearing basically a groom's outfit for a wedding.
- I'm going to speak from like her being the groom at the time.
Examples
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Were you a friend of the bride... or the groom?
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Ladies and gentlemen, the bride and groom.
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Now look, let me be honest with you, as the bride and the groom, you cannot go near that stuff.
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To the bride and groom, everyone!
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See the bride and the groom over there?
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A little something for 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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The music changed, and the groom appeared at the front of the chapel, biting his lower lip.
Fiction book (1991) -
The shyness of the bride and groom as the ceremony proceeds with the winding of the red thread.
Fiction book (1992) -
In contrast to the bride's household, the groom's natal household typically comprises many male children and their aile.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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2.0
A man who is getting married or who has just been married, especially on his wedding day
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Groom for a man at a wedding comes from the older word bridegroom, where groom once meant 'man' or 'boy'. So a groom is simply the man who marries the bride.