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groomsman

[groomz-muhn, groomz-]

noun

plural

groomsmen 
  1. a man who attends the bridegroom in a wedding ceremony.



groomsman

/ ˈɡrʊmz-, ˈɡruːmzmən /

noun

  1. a man who attends the bridegroom at a wedding, usually the best man

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of groomsman1

First recorded in 1690–1700; groom + 's 1 + -man
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“The groomsmen look like lost members of 98 Degrees, wearing squiggly goatees and gummy-worm braids.”

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The advert for Endrick Clothing, owned by Ramadan and based in Waltham Abbey, in Essex, shows the groom and groomsmen smoking cigars.

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Mr Henry, a personal trainer from Birmingham, is one of the groomsmen on the show.

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The Gaudreau brothers were to be groomsmen at the wedding scheduled for Friday in Philadelphia.

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He’s so close to the couple that he was a groomsman at their wedding.

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