bridesman

English

From bride +‎ -s- +‎ man, by alteration of earlier brideman; compare bridesmaid.

bridesman (plural bridesmen)

A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 7:
  It was customary, in those days, for the bride's-man and maiden, and a few select friends, to visit the newly married couple after they had retired to rest […].
- 2005, Susan Karant-Nunn, The Reformation of Ritual, page 26:
  According to him, on the following Thursday, the bridesmen, numbering “six, eight, even ten or more,” rode on horseback with four wagons to get the bride.
A male bridesmaid; a man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party.
- 2008 June 26, Katie Zezima, “Bride-to-Be Takes a Chance on eBay for a Bidding Bridesmaid”, in New York Times‎:
  She might be renting a tux, however, as she is willing to have a bridesman.

male friend or companion of the bridegroom

male bridesmaid