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† ˈbrideman Obs. or dial.
[f. bride- = wedding, or in sense 2.]
†1. = bridegroom. Obs.
1613T. Godwin Rom. Antiq. (1658) 75 The brideman did lift her over the threshold. Ibid. 121 The bride-man, as soon as he was married, used to cast nuts among the people.
2. A young man performing various ceremonial duties at a wedding; formerly called also bride-leader. (In early times the bridemen led the bride to the bridegroom.) Now = bridesman.
1663Killigrew Parson's Wed. v. iv, Parson, I'll be your bride-man. 1670Dryden Roy. Martyr v. ii, Betwixt her Guards she seem'd by Bride-men led. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) I. iv. 33 To the utter disappointment of the bridemen and maids. 1813M. Edgeworth Patron. III. xxxix. 109 There is no record concerning who were the bridemen. 1830Carlyle in For. Rev. & Cont. Misc. V. 43 The evening-star, the brideman of the sun. |