groom-to-be

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

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noun

A man who is soon to be married.

"The bride-elect came over from the depot by one route and the groom-to-be by another."
"The actual brides- and grooms-to-be are not in attendance—many youth would be embarrassed by their parents’ matchmaking efforts, and often do not live in the same city anyway."
"Tyler Anderson / A groom-to-be who has to make a decision between two very different women."

From groom + -to-be.

grooms-to-be (plural)

bride-to-be

fiance

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