bridesman
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding.
noun
A male bridesmaid; a man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.
Example Sentences
- "It was customary, in those days, for the bride's-man and maiden, and a few select friends, to visit the newly married couple after they had retired to rest […]."
- "According to him, on the following Thursday, the bridesmen, numbering “six, eight, even ten or more,” rode on horseback with four wagons to get the bride."
- "She might be renting a tux, however, as she is willing to have a bridesman."