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bridegoom

bridegoom is the alternative form of bridegroom.

Meaning of bridegroom

Noun

bridegroom (plural bridegrooms)

  1. A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
    • Coordinate term: bride
    Synonyms:
    groom

Forms of bridegoom

pluralbridegooms

Origin of bridegoom

See bridegroom. This variant has been preferred by some writers because it is closer to the Old English root word.

Questions about bridegoom

What is bridegoom the alternative form of?
Bridegoom is the alternative form of bridegroom.

Words near bridegoom in the dictionary

  1. bridechilla
  2. bridechillas
  3. brided
  4. bridegift
  5. bridegifts
  6. bridegoom
  7. bridegooms
  8. bridegroom
  9. bridegroome
  10. bridegroomes
  11. bridegroomlike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bridegoom (page history and authors); bridegroom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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