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The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see best, man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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the principal groomsman at a wedding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: groomsman
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
strooijonker
— primary attendant to the groom
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Asturian:
padrín
— primary attendant to the groom
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Bulgarian:
кум
(kum)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Catalan:
padrí
— primary attendant to the groom
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Chinese Mandarin:
男儐相 /男傧相
(nánbīnxiāng)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Czech:
družba
— primary attendant to the groom
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Czech:
ženichův svědek
— primary attendant to the groom
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Czech:
svědek
— primary attendant to the groom
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Danish:
forlover
— primary attendant to the groom
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Dutch:
getuige voor de bruidegom
— primary attendant to the groom
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Esperanto:
fianĉamiko
— primary attendant to the groom
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Finnish:
bestman
— primary attendant to the groom
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Finnish:
puhemies
— primary attendant to the groom
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French:
témoin
— primary attendant to the groom
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French:
garçon d’honneur
— primary attendant to the groom
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Georgian:
მეჯვარე
(meǯvare)
— primary attendant to the groom
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German:
Trauzeuge
— primary attendant to the groom
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Greek:
κουμπάρος
(koumpáros)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Hebrew:
שׁוּשְׁבִין
(shushvín)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Hungarian:
vőfély
— primary attendant to the groom
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Hungarian:
násznagy
— primary attendant to the groom
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Icelandic:
svaramaður
— primary attendant to the groom
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Irish:
vaidhtéir
— primary attendant to the groom
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Italian:
testimone
— primary attendant to the groom
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Italian:
testimone di nozze
— primary attendant to the groom
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Japanese:
ベストマン
(besutoman)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Japanese:
介添人
(kaizoenin)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Northern Kurdish:
birazava
— primary attendant to the groom
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Macedonian:
кум
(kum)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Macedonian:
старосват
(starosvat)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Macedonian:
девер
(dever)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Macedonian:
шафер
(šafer)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Norwegian Bokmål:
forlover
— primary attendant to the groom
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
forlovar
— primary attendant to the groom
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Polish:
drużba
— primary attendant to the groom
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Portuguese:
padrinho
— primary attendant to the groom
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Romanian:
cavaler de onoare
— primary attendant to the groom
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Russian:
ша́фер
(šáfer)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Russian:
дру́жка
(drúžka)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Russian:
свиде́тель
(svidételʹ)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Scottish Gaelic:
fear-comhailteachd
— primary attendant to the groom
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Scottish Gaelic:
fleasgach
— primary attendant to the groom
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Scottish Gaelic:
fleasgach fear-bainnse
— primary attendant to the groom
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Scottish Gaelic:
gille-comhailteachd
— primary attendant to the groom
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Serbo-Croatian:
девер
— primary attendant to the groom
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Serbo-Croatian:
dever
— primary attendant to the groom
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Spanish:
padrino
— primary attendant to the groom
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Sundanese:
pagarbagus
— primary attendant to the groom
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Tagalog:
abay na lalaki
— primary attendant to the groom
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Thai:
เพื่อนเจ้าบ่าว
— primary attendant to the groom
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Turkish:
sağdıç
— primary attendant to the groom
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Ukrainian:
свідок
(svidok)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Ukrainian:
дружба
(družba)
— primary attendant to the groom
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Zazaki:
doçman
— primary attendant to the groom