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Definition of Best man
1. Noun. The principal groomsman at a wedding.
Definition of Best man
1. Noun. The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Best Man
Literary usage of Best man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Friend of Peace by Noah Worcester, Massachusetts Peace Society (1827)
"THE best man. IN the " Recollections" of the Rev. Timothy Flint, we have the
following account of a race of men, seen by him on the hanks of the Mississippi ..."
2. Plato, and the Other Companions of Sokrates by George Grote (1888)
"There are always regular practitioners at hand, and no one will call in the
second-best man when he can have the regular practitioner. men be Erait— ..."
3. Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day: Being Narratives of the by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1868)
"... Judgment of Men—Power of Holding his Tongue—Grant's Sidewalk Platform—Talks
Horse to Senator Wade—"Wants Nothing Said "—The best man for Next President. ..."