groom-to-be
groom-to-be · grooms-to-be
A man who is soon to be marriedA man who is soon to be married.
Meaning
1 sensesA man who is soon to be married.
a man who is engaged to be married
Origin
From groom + -to-be.From groom + -to-be.
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Forms
plural: grooms-to-be| Singular | groom-to-be |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a man who is engaged to be married:fiance
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.