Lexicographical Neighbors of Brideman
Literary usage of Brideman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"brideman ; as best-maid is bride-maid; from having the principal offices in
waiting on the ... Cecil soon made me comprehend, that she meant a brideman, ..."
2. Australian Aborigines: The Languages and Customs of Several Tribes of by James Dawson (1881)
"The bridegroom sleeps for the same period on the opposite side of the fire with
the brideman, who is always a bachelor friend, and must attend him day and ..."
3. Historical View of the Language and Literature of the Slavic Nations: With a by Talvj, Edward Robinson (1850)
"In another ballad, of a more serious description, " George's young wife " loses
at once in battle her husband, her brideman ..."
4. A Voyage to Abyssinia by Jerónimo Lobo, Joachim Le Grand (1789)
"... and afterwards of the brideman and bridemaid ; en joins their hands, puts a
ring on the bridegroom's finger, and delivers another to the bridemaid to be ..."
5. The World Displayed, Or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels by Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, Christopher Smart (1760)
"... is placed on the bride's left hand, with his brideman by him ; and a ...
id, and then on the heads of the bride, the brideman and bridemaid. ..."
6. A Residence of Eight Years in Persia, Among the Nestorian Christians: With by Justin Perkins (1843)
"The bridegroom, bride, brideman and bridemaid are separately addressed, or "
blessed,"—each address forming, in fact, a distinct poem, and its parts ..."
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