Bridegroom
a newly married man or a man about to be married.
Historical Examples
Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII) Charles Paul de Kock
Within the Law Marvin Dana
After Dark Wilkie Collins
Henry Dunbar M. E. Braddon
The Sign Of The Red Cross Evelyn Everett-Green
The Truth About Woman C. Gasquoine Hartley
Folk Lore James Napier
The Truth About Woman C. Gasquoine Hartley
Castes and Tribes of Southern India Edgar Thurston
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home Bayard Taylor
noun
a man who has just been or is about to be married
n.
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