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Definition of Groomsman
1. Noun. A male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding.
Generic synonyms: Attendant, Attender, Tender
Specialized synonyms: Best Man
Definition of Groomsman
1. n. A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the correlative of bridesmaid.
Definition of Groomsman
1. Noun. One of a number of attendants to a bridegroom at a wedding, one of whom is the best man. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Groomsman
1. [n GROOMSMEN]
Medical Definition of Groomsman
1. A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; the correlative of bridesmaid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groomsman
Literary usage of Groomsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems by Thomas William Parsons (1893)
"THE groomsman TO HIS MISTRESS EVERY wedding, says the proverb, Makes another,
soon or late ; Never yet was any marriage Entered in the book of Fate, ..."
2. Letters of Captain Geo. Hamilton Perkins, U.S.N. by George Hamilton Perkins, George Eugene Belknap (1901)
"ried when the squadron gets home, and wants me to come to Virginia and be his
groomsman." In a letter of this date, ..."