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GROOMSMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does groomsman mean?
• GROOMSMAN (noun)
The noun GROOMSMAN has 1 sense:
1. a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
Familiarity information: GROOMSMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("groomsman" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "groomsman"):
best man (the principal groomsman at a wedding)
Holonyms ("groomsman" is a member of...):
wedding; wedding party (a party of people at a wedding)
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