Bridegrooms

/ˈbraɪdˌɡrumz/ noun

Definition

Plural of bridegroom; multiple grooms or newly-married husbands, or men about to be married.

Etymology

From bridegroom, a compound of bride plus groom (originally meaning servant or attendant), with standard plural -s. Bridegroom is a semantic contradiction where 'bride' is female but 'groom' was male.

Kelly Says

The word 'bridegroom' is linguistically weird because bride means bride and groom means servant—so it literally means 'bride's servant,' but over time people forgot groom was gendered and applied it to the husband.

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