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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bridegroom \Bride"groom`\ (-gr[=oo]m`), n. [OE. bridegome
brudgume AS br[=y]dguma (akin to OS br[=u]digumo, D.
bruidegom bruigom OHG. pr[=u]tigomo, MHG. briutegome G.
br["a]utigam); AS br[=y]d bride + guma man, akin to Goth.
guma, Icel. gumi, OHG. gomo, L. homo; the insertion of r
being caused by confusion with groom. See {Bride}, and cf
{Groom}, {Homage}.]
A man newly married, or just about to be married.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bridegroom
n 1: a man who has recently been married [syn: {groom}]
2: a man participant in his own marriage ceremony [syn: {groom}]
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