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A groom waits for his bride.

A groom caught in a candid moment before the wedding.

A bridegroom (often shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married, or who has just been married. A groom is defined as a personal hand servant much like a valet. Therefore the "Bride's Groom" is correctly defined as the bride's personal hand servant. He is typically attended by a best man and groomsmen. His partner, if female, is known as the bride, who is typically attended by one or more bridesmaids and a maid or matron of honor. The groom will after that ceremony be called a husband of his new spouse. The term "groom" has the Indogermanic root of "earth" (for "ghmún"), which evolved into Latin humanus and Germanic and English "man" and "groom". In western cultures, the groom usually wears a dark coloured suit or tuxedo during the wedding ceremony. At the end of the wedding, it is the groom's priviledge to remove the bride's garter and toss it over his shoulder to the group of male guests (if a garter is not worn, a stocking is removed instead), much like the "tossing of the bouquet" performed by the bride. It is traditional belief that whomever catches the garter will be the next to be married. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1518 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bridegroom Template:User married friday User talk:Mackensen/Archive9 Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1518 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bridegroom Template:User married friday User talk:Mackensen/Archive9 Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (900 × 1350 pixel, file size: 327 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (900 × 1350 pixel, file size: 327 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The groomsman is one of the (usually) male attendants to the bridegroom in a wedding ceremony. ... Bride Bride in formal dress North America. ... A bridesmaid is a girl or young woman who attends to the bride during or after a wedding or marriage ceremony. ... Napa, California: USA A new bride humorously observes the legal signing of her marriage license by her maid of honor. ... For other uses, see Husband (disambiguation). ... Proto-Indo-European (PIE) may refer to: Proto-Indo-European language the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages Proto-Indo-Europeans, the hypothetical speakers of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language Proto-Indo-European roots, A list of reconstructed Proto-Indo-European roots Categories: | ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and U.S. President Ronald Reagan wearing black tie with wives in Quebec, Canada, March 18, 1985. ... It has been suggested that Garters be merged into this article or section. ...

See also

Nuptial is the adjective of wedding. It is used for example in zoology to denote plumage, coloration, behavior, etc related to or occurring in the mating season. ... Bride Bride in formal dress North America. ... Napa, California: USA A new bride humorously observes the legal signing of her marriage license by her maid of honor. ... A bridesmaid is a girl or young woman who attends to the bride during or after a wedding or marriage ceremony. ... The bride and flowergirl share a moment. ... A Page is a young male attendant at a wedding or cotillion. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The groomsman is one of the (usually) male attendants to the bridegroom in a wedding ceremony. ... In The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien, Frodo Baggins is appointed to be the Ring-bearer by the Council of Elrond in Rivendell. ...

References

• American Heritage Dictionary on "groom"
• Bartleby Etymology