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) Alternative form of bridegroom. 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?" 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 === Noah Webster (1828), “BRI´DEGOOM”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. “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.”