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brideman
† ˈbrideman Obs. or dial. [f. bride- = wedding, or in sense 2.] † 1. = bridegroom. Obs.1613 T. Godwin Rom. Antiq. (1658) 75 The brideman did lift her over the threshold. Ibid. 121 The bride-man, as soon as he was married, used to cast nuts among the people. 2. A young man performing various ceremoni... Oxford English Dictionary
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groomsman
groomsman (ˈgruːmzmən) [f. groom's, genitive of groom n.1 + man, as a parallel form to bridesmaid, q.v.] A young man acting as friend or attendant on the bridegroom at a marriage, either alone (as ‘best man’) or as one of a company; = brideman 2, bridesman.1698 M. Henry Let. 10 Oct. in Thoresby's Co... Oxford English Dictionary
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bridewoman
† ˈbridewoman Obs. 1. (Correl. of brideman 1, bridegroom) = bride.1530 Palsgr. 201/1 Bride woman, espousee. 2. (Correlative of brideman 2) = bridemaid.1701 (title) Ladies' Defence, or the Bridewoman's Counsellor Answered. Oxford English Dictionary
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bridesman
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... Oxford English Dictionary
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bridesmaid
bridesmaid (ˈbraɪdzmeɪd) Also 6–9 bridemaid. [The earlier form was bridemaid, as in brideman and the other compounds of bride- in sense of ‘bridal, wedding’; the 19th c. bridesmaid is due to the same perverted analysis, which has changed brideman into groomsman.] A young unmarried woman performing v... Oxford English Dictionary
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bride
▪ I. bride, n.1 (braɪd) Forms: 1 br{yacu}d, 2–4 (Kentish) brēd(e, 2–3 (s.w.) brude(ü), 3 brīd, 3–4 bryd, (4 bruyd), 4–6 bryde, 4– bride. [Common Teut.: OE. br{yacu}d str. fem. = OS. brûd (MLG. brûd, MDu. bruut -de, Du. bruid), OHG., MHG. brût (mod.G. braut), ON. br{uacu}ðr (Sw. Du. brud, Goth. brûþs... Oxford English Dictionary
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