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Etymology
From Middle English bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō.
Pronunciation
Noun
breedegroom
- bridegroom
- Coordinate term: breede
1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:An a boor lithel breedegroom waithed wonderfullee griefte.- And the poor dirty bridegroom looked wondrously grieved.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96