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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 weddingplay

  Familiarity information: GROOMSMAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GROOMSMAN (noun)


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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