Bridegroom definition

brīdgro͝om, -gro͝om
The definition of a bridegroom is a man who is about to get married, or who is recently married.

A man on his wedding day who has just said "I do," to his new wife is an example of a bridegroom.

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A man who is about to be married or has recently been married.
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A man who has just been married or is about to be married.
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A man on his wedding day, just before it or a short time after it.
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Alternative Forms

Alternative Form of bridegroom - bridegoom

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
bridegroom
Plural:
bridegrooms

Origin of bridegroom

  • Alteration (influenced by groom) of Middle English bridegome from Old English brȳdguma brȳd bride guma man dhghem- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English brȳdguma, from brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man”) (Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô), influenced by groom through folk etymology; equivalent to bride +‎ goom. Compare Dutch bruidegom, German Bräutigam, Danish brudgom.

    From Wiktionary

Bridegroom Sentence Examples

  • At the termination of this feast the procession re-forms, and with lanterns and music escorts the bridegroom back to his own house, where they feast until midnight.

  • Only ten of them have any appreciable size, and these are named - commencing from the north - Muko-shima (Bridegroom Island), Nakadachi-shima (Go-between Island 1), Yome-shima (Bride Island), Ototo-jima (Younger-brother Island), Ani-shima (Elderbrother Island), Chichi-jima (Father Island), Haha-jima (Mother Island), Mei-jima (Niece Island), Ani-jima (Elder-sister Island) and Imoto-jima (Younger-sister Island).

  • As midnight approaches they return to the house of the bride, and escort her, with her dowry, to the house of the bridegroom, and, having delivered her safely to her future lord and master, disperse to their respective homes.

  • This would naturally lead to an excess of women over men in the higher septs, and would render it difficult for a man to get his daughter respectably married without paying a high price for a suitable bridegroom and incurring other heavy marriage expenses.

  • The hapless and worthless bridegroom had already incurred the hatred of two powerful enemies, the earls of Morton and Glencairn; but the former of these took part with the queen against the forces raised by Murray, Glencairn and others, under the nominal leadership of Hamilton, duke of Chatelherault, on the double plea of danger to the new religion of the country, and of the illegal proceeding by which Darnley had been proclaimed king of Scots without the needful constitutional assent of the estates of the realm.

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