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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding..
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.
Use bridesman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bridesman means A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 […].
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