bridesmann.

Brit.

/ˈbrʌɪdzmən/, U.S.

/ˈbraɪdzmən/

Inflections: Plural bridesmen.

Forms:

α. 1500s– brideman.

β. 1600s– bridesman, 1700s–1800s bride's man.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bride n.¹, man n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < bride n.¹ + man n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of bride n.¹ + man n.¹ Compare earlier bridewoman n. and bridesmaid n. With sense 1 (in β. forms) compare groomsman n.Compare Middle Low German brūtman witness (at a wedding), (occasionally also) bridegroom, Old Icelandic brúðmaðr attendant of the bridegroom, Old Swedish bruþmaþer (male) attendant of the bride, bride-leader (Swedish brudman ). With use with reference the bridegroom's attendant (see sense 1) compare bride n.¹ 4.

1. Originally: a man who is chosen to act as an attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding, and who performs various ceremonial duties for him; a groomsman. Now usually: a male attendant of a bride. Also figurative.Often a young unmarried man, and sometimes (esp. in early use) one of a number of such men at a given wedding. Cf. bride-leader n. at bride n.¹ Compounds 1b, best man n.The sense in quot. 1614 at α. is unclear: the plural form suggests this sense, but a later edition of the same text uses the word in the sense ‘bridegroom’ (see quot. 1623 at sense 2α. ).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > attendant > groomsman

bridesman1555

bride squirea1637

groomsman1698

best man1782

α.

1555 E. Bonner Profitable & Necessarye Doctryne sig. Cc Howe dyd Ihon baptiste, the most holy brideman, reioyse of this the brydegromes commnyge.

1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. iii. vi. 88 The bridemen did lift her over the threshold.

1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding v. iv, in Comedies & Trag. 152 Parson, I'll be your Bride-man.

1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love v. 58 Betwixt her Guards she seem'd by Bride-men led.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. iv. 28 To the utter disappointment of the bridemen and maids.

1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage IV. xxxix. 240 There is no record concerning who were the bridemen.

1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 248 The evening-star, the brideman of the sun.

1903 Genealogist 19 182 In eight of the earliest marriages the names of two ‘bridesmaids’ and two ‘bridemen’ are added. These were not necessarily single men and women; Yale acted as brideman on three separate occasions after his own marriage.

1943 R. Graves Story Marie Powell xiii. 166 They..told my brother Richard, a brideman, to go call my husband in to me.

2014 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 16 Aug. 14 When we arrived at the house, where both the ceremony and the reception were, my bridesmaids, brideman and flowergirls came out to meet me.

β. 1749 Tickell's Lucy & Colin (new ed.) in Charmer: Choice Coll. Songs 103 The bride's men [1725 Bridemen] flock'd round Lucy dead, And all the village wept.1769 R. Griffith Gordian Knot cxxx, in R. Griffith & E. Griffith Two Novels IV. 301 His dear brother would be at a loss for a bridesman, about this very time.1859 S. Smiles Life G. Stephenson 348 To poor Robert Gray..who acted as his bridesman on his marriage..he left a pension.1935 Times 25 July 17 The bride and bridegroom were each attended by six bridesmen.2018 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 Sept. Several childhood cancer survivors attended the wedding, including..Ms. Wilkerson's bridesman.

†2. A bridegroom. Cf. bridewoman n. 1. Obsolete.Regarding possible earlier currency of this sense, see note at sense 1.In quot. 1680 at β. figurative; cf. bridegroom n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > bridegroom

bridegroomOE

spouse?a1300

bridec1390

grooma1616

bridesman1623

α.

1623 T. Godwin Romanae Historiae Anthologia (rev. ed.) ii. iii. xiii. 120 The bride-man, as soone as he was maried, vsed to cast nuttes among the people.

1653 A. Ross Πανσεβεια 32 The Rabbi takes in his hand a glass full of Wine..and gives it to the Bride-man and his spouse.

β. 1680 A. Seller tr. Gregory of Nazianzus in Remarques State of Church First Centuries 430 Let the Virgins celebrate their Bridesman, the married Women their Monitor, the Monks their Encourager, [etc.].a1743 J. Cannon Chrons. (2010) I. 44 The bridesman was led by his neece, Agnes Hooper & my sister, and the bride by Henry Pope & myself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bridesman
释义	bridesmann. Brit. /ˈbrʌɪdzmən/, U.S. /ˈbraɪdzmən/ Inflections: Plural bridesmen. Forms: α. 1500s– brideman. β. 1600s– bridesman, 1700s–1800s bride's man. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bride n.¹, man n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < bride n.¹ + man n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of bride n.¹ + man n.¹ Compare earlier bridewoman n. and bridesmaid n. With sense 1 (in β. forms) compare groomsman n.Compare Middle Low German brūtman witness (at a wedding), (occasionally also) bridegroom, Old Icelandic brúðmaðr attendant of the bridegroom, Old Swedish bruþmaþer (male) attendant of the bride, bride-leader (Swedish brudman ). With use with reference the bridegroom's attendant (see sense 1) compare bride n.¹ 4. 1. Originally: a man who is chosen to act as an attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding, and who performs various ceremonial duties for him; a groomsman. Now usually: a male attendant of a bride. Also figurative.Often a young unmarried man, and sometimes (esp. in early use) one of a number of such men at a given wedding. Cf. bride-leader n. at bride n.¹ Compounds 1b, best man n.The sense in quot. 1614 at α. is unclear: the plural form suggests this sense, but a later edition of the same text uses the word in the sense ‘bridegroom’ (see quot. 1623 at sense 2α. ). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > attendant > groomsman bridesman1555 bride squirea1637 groomsman1698 best man1782 α. 1555 E. Bonner Profitable & Necessarye Doctryne sig. Cc Howe dyd Ihon baptiste, the most holy brideman, reioyse of this the brydegromes commnyge. 1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. iii. vi. 88 The bridemen did lift her over the threshold. 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding v. iv, in Comedies & Trag. 152 Parson, I'll be your Bride-man. 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love v. 58 Betwixt her Guards she seem'd by Bride-men led. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. iv. 28 To the utter disappointment of the bridemen and maids. 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage IV. xxxix. 240 There is no record concerning who were the bridemen. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 248 The evening-star, the brideman of the sun. 1903 Genealogist 19 182 In eight of the earliest marriages the names of two ‘bridesmaids’ and two ‘bridemen’ are added. These were not necessarily single men and women; Yale acted as brideman on three separate occasions after his own marriage. 1943 R. Graves Story Marie Powell xiii. 166 They..told my brother Richard, a brideman, to go call my husband in to me. 2014 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 16 Aug. 14 When we arrived at the house, where both the ceremony and the reception were, my bridesmaids, brideman and flowergirls came out to meet me. β. 1749 Tickell's Lucy & Colin (new ed.) in Charmer: Choice Coll. Songs 103 The bride's men [1725 Bridemen] flock'd round Lucy dead, And all the village wept.1769 R. Griffith Gordian Knot cxxx, in R. Griffith & E. Griffith Two Novels IV. 301 His dear brother would be at a loss for a bridesman, about this very time.1859 S. Smiles Life G. Stephenson 348 To poor Robert Gray..who acted as his bridesman on his marriage..he left a pension.1935 Times 25 July 17 The bride and bridegroom were each attended by six bridesmen.2018 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 Sept. Several childhood cancer survivors attended the wedding, including..Ms. Wilkerson's bridesman. †2. A bridegroom. Cf. bridewoman n. 1. Obsolete.Regarding possible earlier currency of this sense, see note at sense 1.In quot. 1680 at β. figurative; cf. bridegroom n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > bridegroom bridegroomOE spouse?a1300 bridec1390 grooma1616 bridesman1623 α. 1623 T. Godwin Romanae Historiae Anthologia (rev. ed.) ii. iii. xiii. 120 The bride-man, as soone as he was maried, vsed to cast nuttes among the people. 1653 A. Ross Πανσεβεια 32 The Rabbi takes in his hand a glass full of Wine..and gives it to the Bride-man and his spouse. β. 1680 A. Seller tr. Gregory of Nazianzus in Remarques State of Church First Centuries 430 Let the Virgins celebrate their Bridesman, the married Women their Monitor, the Monks their Encourager, [etc.].a1743 J. Cannon Chrons. (2010) I. 44 The bridesman was led by his neece, Agnes Hooper & my sister, and the bride by Henry Pope & myself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1555
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