Citations:groomsmaid

English citations of groomsmaid

Noun: "a woman who attends a groom during his wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party"

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• 2007, Jackie Kessler, Hell's Belles, Zebra Books (2007), →ISBN, page 206:

  “Yeah,” she said, “I know. What can I say? I'm a fucking groomsmaid. How fucking gay is that?

• 2007, Jo Piazza, "Here come the bridesmen", New York Daily News, 15 December 2007:

  Now that O'Keefe finds himself engaged, will he ask Susan to be his groomsmaid?

• 2008, "Clift, White exchange vows", Carroll County Comet, 10 September 2008:

  The groom's sister, Brüch Clift of Anchorage, was groomsmaid.

• 2009, Spider Hacksaw, A Midsummer's Nightmare: Based on a True Nightmare, AuthorHouse (2009), →ISBN, page 381:

  It was her gift that had been the catalyst for their relationship, and she wanted to be the best woman or the groomsmaid at their wedding.

• 2011, Meredith Goldstein, "Bridesmaid revisited", Boston Globe, 9 March 2011:

  The groomsmaid dress: I was a groomsmaid — meaning, I stood on the groom’s side in support of my male friend.

• 2011, Meredith Galante, "Couples register for honeymoons and 'life experiences' rather than the traditional china and crystal", The Star-Ledger, 25 July 2011:

  "We are not the most traditional couple -- we have a groomsmaid," said Vasilescu.

• 2011, Sara Foss, "A wedding at a brewery", The Daily Gazette, 6 September 2011:

  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.