Read full poem →Ask not whom they sleep beside,
And the bridegroom all night through
Never turns him to the bride.
Dictionary Entry
A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. bridegroombridegroom prospectivebridegroom heavenlybridegroom youngbridegroom robber
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Poetry examples for “bridegroom”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →So the groomsman quits your side
And the bridegroom seeks the bride:
Friend and comrade yield you o'er
Read full poem →marriage, which was common during the Middle Ages, the representa-
. tive of the bridegroom removed his boot and placed his leg, bare to
.the knee, in the bridal bed. Anne of Brittany and Maximilian of
Read full poem →Feel we could carry undimmed, unextinguished, the light of our knowledge!
But for his funeral train which the bridegroom sees in the distance,
Would he so joyfully, think you, fall in with the marriage procession?
Read full poem →Of the assembly; bless the bride and bridegroom
/ In person of some god; Uiey're tied to rules
Read full poem →Behold, the Bridegroom cometh: go ye out
With lighted lamps and garlands round about
Read full poem →Who calleth?--Thy Bridegroom calleth,
Soar, O Bride, with the Seraphim:
Read full poem →For lo, the Bridegroom fetcheth home the Bride:
His Hands are Hands she knows, she knows His Side.
Read full poem →My bridegroom answered in his turn,
Myself had almost answered "yea":
Read full poem →Five Virgins replenish with oil their lamps, being wise,
Five Virgins awaiting the Bridegroom watch and pray:
And if I one day spring from my grave to the prize,