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bridegroom

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bride·groom /ˈbraɪdɡruːm, -ɡrʊm/ ●●○ (also groom) noun [countable]  MARRYa man at the time he gets married, or just after he is married 新郎
Examples from the Corpus
bridegroomOther days were spent in cleaning and decorating the bedroom where she would receive her bridegroom.There she found an old woman, who warned her that her bridegroom was really a murderous monster.Her bridegroom, Petruchio, has a wardrobe full of Georgio Armani suits.She had heard of the most appalling things-kidnapped bride, imprisoned and humiliated bridegroom, Halloween destructions and practical jokes.He could have been her phantom bridegroom sleeping and, overwhelmed, she slept.And how had her steps fitted in with those of the bridegroom?
Origin bridegroom Old English brydguma, from bryd ( → BRIDE) + guma man; influenced by → GROOM22
bride·groom nounChineseSyllable
or gets man at a Corpus the just he married, time


bridegroom
bridegroom /ˈbraɪdɡruːm, -ɡrʊm/ (also groom) noun [countable]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: brydguma, from bryd ( bride) + guma 'man'; influenced by groom2(2)
a man at the time he gets married, or just after he is married


bride·groomBrE /ˈbraɪdɡruːm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbraɪdɡruːm/ 🔊 (also groom) nouna man on his wedding day, or just before or just after it 新郎;即将(或刚刚)结婚的男子