"groomsman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-groomsman.wav Forms: groomsmen [plural]
Etymology: From groom + -s- + man. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|groom|-s-|man}} groom + -s- + man Head templates: {{en-noun|groomsmen}} groomsman (plural groomsmen)
  1. A man who serves as one of a number of attendants to a bridegroom at a wedding, one of whom is the best man. Wikipedia link: groomsman Categories (topical): Male, Marriage, People Coordinate_terms: groomsmaid, groomswoman, bridesmaid, bridesman, brosmaid Translations (attendant to a bridegroom): strooijonker (Afrikaans), шафер (šafer) [masculine] (Bulgarian), уредев (uŕeďev) (Erzya), fianĉamiko (Esperanto), sulhaspoika (Finnish), vőfély (Hungarian), vaidhtéaraí [masculine] (Irish), finné fir [masculine] (Irish), fear tionlacain [masculine] (Irish), fear tionlacain bainise [masculine] (Irish), vaidhtéir [masculine] (Irish), paraninfo [masculine] (Italian), 들러리 (deulleori) (Korean), по́братим (póbratim) [masculine] (Macedonian), fer banshey [masculine] (Manx), drużba [masculine] (Polish), ша́фер (šáfer) [masculine] (Russian), fear-cuideachd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), padrino [masculine] (Spanish), phù rể (Vietnamese)

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