Definition of Groomsman

1. Noun. A male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding.

Group relationships: Wedding, Wedding Party
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

groof
groofs
groolier
grooliest
grooly
groom-to-be
groomed
groomee
groomees
groomer
groomers
groomings
grooms
groomsman (current term)
groomsmen
groomzilla
groop
grooper
groopers
groove
groove for arch of aorta
groove for auditory tube
groove for inferior petrosal sinus
groove for inferior venae cava
groove for middle temporal artery
groove for radial nerve
groove for sigmoid sinus
groove for spinal nerve

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, ..."

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