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groomal shower

groomal shower noun: a party held for a groom-to-be in anticipation of his wedding, involving guests (typically male friends and relatives) giving him gifts.

Noun

groomal shower (plural groomal showers)

  1. (US, rare) A party held for a groom-to-be in anticipation of his wedding, involving guests (typically male friends and relatives) giving him gifts.
    • This article describes and analyzes an innovative variation of the traditional bridal shower, called the groomal shower. While retaining many ceremonial elements of the bridal shower, the groomal differs in several ways, most notably in that the honoree is a man.1981 July, Felix M. Berardo, Hernan Vera, “The Groomal Shower: A Variation of the American Bridal Shower”, in Family Relations, volume 30, number 3, page 395
    • The wedding and an assortment of associated rituals including bridal and even groomal showers, gifts exchanged, food chosen, and the honeymoon should help to bring together the couple and their family and friends.1994, Ollie Pocs, Our Intimate Relationships: Marriage and the Family, 2nd edition, Stipes Publishing, →ISBN, page 140

Forms of groomal shower

pluralgroomal showers

Origin of groomal shower

By analogy with bridal shower.

Questions about groomal shower

What does groomal shower mean?
Groomal shower means a party held for a groom-to-be in anticipation of his wedding, involving guests (typically male friends and relatives) giving him gifts.
What part of speech is groomal shower?
Groomal shower is a noun.
What is the plural of groomal shower?
The plural of groomal shower is groomal showers.

Words near groomal shower in the dictionary

  1. groom-porter
  2. groom-porters
  3. groom-to-be
  4. groomable
  5. groomal
  6. groomal shower
  7. groomal showers
  8. Groombridge
  9. groomdom
  10. Groome
  11. groomed

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