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Bridesman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding.

    "It was customary, in those days, for the bride's-man and maiden, and a few select friends, to visit the newly married couple after they had retired to rest […]."

  2. 2
    A male bridesmaid; a man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.

    "She might be renting a tux, however, as she is willing to have a bridesman."

Etymology

From bride + -s- + man, by alteration of earlier brideman; compare bridesmaid.

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