"best man" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-best man.wav Forms: best men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|best men}} best man (plural best men)
  1. The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony. Categories (topical): People Translations (primary attendant to the groom): strooijonker (Afrikaans), padrín [masculine] (Asturian), кум (kum) [masculine] (Bulgarian), padrí [masculine] (Catalan), 男儐相 /男傧相 (nánbīnxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), družba [masculine] (Czech), ženichův svědek [masculine] (Czech), svědek [masculine] (Czech), forlover [common-gender] (Danish), getuige voor de bruidegom (Dutch), fianĉamiko (Esperanto), bestman (Finnish), puhemies (Finnish), témoin [masculine] (French), garçon d’honneur [masculine] (French), მეჯვარე (meǯvare) (Georgian), Trauzeuge [masculine] (German), κουμπάρος (koumpáros) [masculine] (Greek), vőfély (Hungarian), násznagy (Hungarian), svaramaður [masculine] (Icelandic), vaidhtéir [masculine] (Irish), testimone (Italian), testimone di nozze [masculine] (Italian), ベストマン (besutoman) (Japanese), 介添人 (kaizoenin) (alt: かいぞえにん) (Japanese), кум (kum) [masculine] (Macedonian), старосват (starosvat) [masculine] (Macedonian), девер (dever) [masculine] (Macedonian), шафер (šafer) [masculine, regional] (Macedonian), birazava [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), forlover [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forlovar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), drużba [masculine] (Polish), padrinho [masculine] (Portuguese), cavaler de onoare [masculine] (Romanian), ша́фер (šáfer) [masculine] (Russian), дру́жка (drúžka) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), свиде́тель (svidételʹ) [masculine] (Russian), fear-comhailteachd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fleasgach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fleasgach fear-bainnse [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), gille-comhailteachd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), девер [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dever [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), padrino [masculine] (Spanish), pagarbagus (Sundanese), abay na lalaki (Tagalog), เพื่อนเจ้าบ่าว (Thai), sağdıç (Turkish), свідок (svidok) (alt: на весіллі) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дружба (družba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), doçman (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-best_man-en-noun-gmGt52dR Disambiguation of People: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'primary attendant to the groom': 97 3
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see best, man. Categories (topical): Marriage, People Related terms: bridesmaid, groomsman, maid of honor, maid of honour, page boy
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Inflected forms

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      "word": "puhemies"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "svaramaður"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "vaidhtéir"
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "padrinho"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "cavaler de onoare"
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ша́фер"
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
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      "word": "дру́жка"
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      "roman": "svidételʹ",
      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "свиде́тель"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fear-comhailteachd"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fleasgach"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
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      "word": "fleasgach fear-bainnse"
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
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      "word": "gille-comhailteachd"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "code": "su",
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "word": "pagarbagus"
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "word": "abay na lalaki"
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "word": "เพื่อนเจ้าบ่าว"
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "word": "sağdıç"
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      "alt": "на весіллі",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svidok",
      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
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      "word": "свідок"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "družba",
      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "дружба"
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      "code": "zza",
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      "sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
      "word": "doçman"
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