Meaning

2 senses
  1. The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony.

    Trauzeuge

    ша́ферšáfer, дру́жкаdrúžka, свиде́тельsvidételʹ

    свідокsvidok, дружбаdružba

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see best, man.

More definitions
  • the principal groomsman at a wedding

Examples

43 sentences
  1. Tom will be my best man.

  2. Tom won't be my best man.

  3. You're the best man for the job.

    ruТы лучше всех подходишь для этой работы. — fjay69

    deDu bist der beste Mann für den Job. — Haehnchenpaella

  4. You're still the best-looking man here.

  5. Tom is the best man for the job.

    deTom ist die beste Besetzung für die Stelle. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
primary attendant to the groom:
Русский
By meaning 1
primary attendant to the groom:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
primary attendant to the groom:

Forms

plural: best men
Singularbest man
Pluralbest men

irregular · Lesson

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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