groomsmaid
English edit
Etymology edit
From groom + -s- + maid, by analogy with groomsman and bridesmaid.
Noun edit
groomsmaid (plural groomsmaids)
- A woman who attends a groom during his wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.
- 2008 September 10, “Clift, White exchange vows”, in Carroll County Comet:
- The groom's sister, Brüch Clift of Anchorage, was groomsmaid.
- 2011 March 9, Meredith Goldstein, “Bridesmaid revisited”, in Boston Globe:
- The groomsmaid dress: I was a groomsmaid — meaning, I stood on the groom’s side in support of my male friend.
- 2011 September 6, Sara Foss, “A wedding at a brewery”, in The Daily Gazette:
- Now that I think about it, I also tried the brewery’s East India Pale Ale, while hanging out at the apartment of my friend Michelle, who served as a groomsmaid at the big event, on the afternoon of the wedding.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:groomsmaid.
Synonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- groomsman (a male attendant to the groom)
- bridesman, brosmaid (a male attendant to the bride)
- bridesmaid (a female attendant to the bride)