Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who attends the bridegroom at a wedding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who acts as attendant on a bridegroom at his marriage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the chief attendant is also called the
best man ; -- the correlative ofbridesmaid .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of a number of
attendants to abridegroom at awedding , one of whom is thebest man .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
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Examples
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You must know that we Venetians have a saying that the groomsman is the godfather of the first child.
Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane
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His groomsman was a first cousin of Lucinda's, and no one else was in the room but the servants of the house.
The Junior Classics — Volume 4 William Patten 1902
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DEAR ED: You can decline by saying, "Cousin -- you're so nice to ask me, but being a groomsman is a young man's game.
Ask Amy 2010
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Others argue that it should be an honor to simply be asked to be a groomsman—not a chore for which one expects compensation.
Groomsmen Gifts: What Gives? Steve Garbarino 2011
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Sarah Cook, a D.C.-area social worker who spent two years teaching English an hour north of Sendai, said one of her Japanese friends, who was a groomsman at her wedding, had not responded to her emails.
Japan quake affects D.C. area residents, abroad and at home 2011
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Mr. Longueuil was the best man at Mr. Freeman's 2009 wedding, and Mr. Freeman was to return the favor this month as a groomsman when Mr. Longueuil got married.
They Were Best of Friends, Until the Feds Showed Up Steve Eder 2011
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A groomsman sticks a bottle rocket in the tailpipe of the bride's limo.
Nuptial Indemnity Con Chapman 2011
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Mr. WOODS: This guy who I was a groomsman in his wedding who essentially said, you know, Tony Woods is a fraud.
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Sarah Cook, a D.C.-area social worker who spent two years teaching English an hour north of Sendai, said one of her Japanese friends, who was a groomsman at her wedding, had not responded to her emails.
Japan quake affects D.C. area residents, abroad and at home 2011
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Sarah Cook, a D.C.-area social worker who spent two years teaching English an hour north of Sendai, said one of her Japanese friends, who was a groomsman at her wedding, had not responded to her emails.
Japan quake affects D.C. area residents, abroad and at home 2011
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