bridegoom

English

Etymology

See bridegroom. This variant has been preferred by some writers because it is closer to the Old English root word.

Noun

bridegoom (plural bridegooms)

1. Alternative form of bridegroom
   • 1836, Thomas Moore, The fire-worshippers - Volume 1 - Page 83:

     He said —- and, light as bridegooms bound To their young loves, reclimhed the steep And gained the shrine — his Chiefs stood round— Their swords, as with instinctive leap, Together, at that cry accursed, [...]

   • 1883, The Home Missionary - Volume 55 - Page 45:

     The bridegoom wanted to expedite matters. He asked of my wife, "Is there any other minister in town, that we could go to?"

   • 1907, Mary Jane Holmes, Forrest House:

     He has consented to be the priest on condition that you are the bridegoom, so do not fail me. Again, with love, Joe." " And so ... She wants me for her bridegoom, and I don't know but I'm willing, so I guess I'll have to go; [...]

   • 2011, The Collected Poems of Hafiz - Page 46:

     "From yonder hair-brained hag, The world, good faith and honour "Seek not, for lo! the bride Of thousand bridegooms she is."

References

• BRI´DEGOOM in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

  “This word, by a mispronouncing of the last syllable, has been corrupted into bridegroom, which signifies a bride’s hostler; groom being a Persian word, signifiying^[sic] a man who has the care of horses. Such a gross corruption or blunder ought not to remain a reproach to philology.”