groomsman
IPA: grˈumzmʌn
noun
- A man who serves as one of a number of attendants to a bridegroom at a wedding, one of whom is the best man.
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Examples of "groomsman" in Sentences
- He was a groomsman at Peter's second wedding.
- One was the best man at Cohan's wedding and another a groomsman.
- Fish's friend and fellow tennis player James Blake served as groomsman.
- A groomsman sticks a bottle rocket in the tailpipe of the bride's limo.
- He's a groomsman, she's a bridesmaid, and it seems to be a night of romance.
- Examples of human form lawn ornaments include the lawn jockey and groomsman.
- You must know that we Venetians have a saying that the groomsman is the godfather of the first child.
- His groomsman was a first cousin of Lucinda's, and no one else was in the room but the servants of the house.
- Mr. WOODS: This guy who I was a groomsman in his wedding who essentially said, you know, Tony Woods is a fraud.
- DEAR ED: You can decline by saying, "Cousin -- you're so nice to ask me, but being a groomsman is a young man's game.
- Others argue that it should be an honor to simply be asked to be a groomsman—not a chore for which one expects compensation.
- Mr. Longueuil was the best man at Mr. Freeman's 2009 wedding, and Mr. Freeman was to return the favor this month as a groomsman when Mr. Longueuil got married.
- Sarah Cook, a D.C.-area social worker who spent two years teaching English an hour north of Sendai, said one of her Japanese friends, who was a groomsman at her wedding, had not responded to her emails.
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