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A best man and a maid of honour with newlyweds. The best man is the chief assistant to the groom at a wedding. While the role is older, the earliest surviving written use of the term best man comes from 1782, observing that "best man and best maid" in the Scottish dialect are equivalent to "bride-man and bride-maid" in England.
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Groom (left) wearing military uniform, with his bride (right) in 1942 Modern Bangladeshi bridegroom. A bridegroom (often shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bridegroom's future spouse is usually referred to as the bride. A bridegroom is typically attended by a best man and groomsmen.
The groom and a matchmaker will visit the bride's family bearing gifts like wedding cakes, sweetmeats and jewelry, as well as the bride price. On the actual wedding day, the bride's family will return a portion of the bride price (sometimes in the form of dowry) and a set of gifts as a goodwill gesture.
Even if she's not especially sentimental, a gift for the mother of the groom from her son or soon-to-be daughter-in-law on the wedding day is an extra special moment that many moms cherish.
Bride and Groom is an old-time radio human-interest program in the United States. It was broadcast on ABC from November 26, 1945, to September 15, 1950. [1] Each episode featured an engaged couple who would be married during the broadcast, then showered with gifts. In 1951, it was adapted as a television show of the same name.
While bride price or bride service is a payment by the groom, or his family, to the bride, or her family, dowry is the wealth transferred from the bride, or her family, to the groom, or his family. Similarly, dower is the property settled on the bride herself, by the groom at the time of marriage, and which remains under her ownership and control.