Bridegroom
['braɪdgruːm] or ['braɪdɡrum]
Definition
(n.) A man newly married, or just about to be married.
Edited by Estelle
Examples
- Too bad the breakfast is at old Catherine's, the bridegroom could fancy Reggie Chivers saying. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I envied no girl her lover, no bride her bridegroom, no wife her husband; I was content with this my voluntary, self-offering friend. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Behold, the bridegroom cometh. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Nobody noticed the Bridegroom. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- My dear friends,' resumed Mr. Pickwick, 'I am going to propose the health of the bride and bridegroom--God bless 'em (cheers and tears). Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He laughs at the notion of the Circassian bridegroom. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The bridegroom--Casaubon. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Birkin told him about the race of the bride and the bridegroom. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Neither will I,' returns the bridegroom. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Do look at this bridegroom coming out of church: did you ever see such a 'sugared invention'--as the Elizabethans used to say? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The day came, but not the bridegroom. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The bride and bridegroom were married, the party went into the vestry. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The bridegroom, to whom the pen was handed first, made a rude cross for his mark; the bride, who came next, did the same. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We mustn't speak loud; Mas'r St. Clare won't hear on 't; but Miss Feely, you know there must be somebody watchin' for the bridegroom. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mortimer, you wretch,' says Lady Tippins, turning the eyeglass about and about, 'where is your charge, the bridegroom? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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