ˈbridesman
[Altered from the earlier brideman, q.v.]
A young man who acts as friend or attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding, and performs various ceremonial offices for him.
| 1808 Scott Lochinvar iii, Among bride's-men and kinsmen, and brothers and all. 1811 W. Spencer Poems 21 No common bridesmen wait us there. 1859 Smiles Stephenson 348 To poor Robert Gray..who acted as his bridesman on his marriage..he left a pension. |