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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fleasgach fear-bainnse"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gille-comhailteachd"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "девер"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dever"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "padrino"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"word": "pagarbagus"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"word": "abay na lalaki"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"word": "เพื่อนเจ้าบ่าว"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"word": "sağdıç"
},
{
"alt": "на весіллі",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svidok",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свідок"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "družba",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дружба"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "primary attendant to the groom",
"word": "doçman"
}
],
"word": "best man"
}
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