n.
1. (Gr. Antiq.) (a) A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride. Milton. (b) The bridesmaid who conducted the bride to the bridegroom.
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paranymph
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(PAR-uh-nimf)
noun
1. A groomsman or a bridesmaid.
2. In ancient Greece, a friend who accompanied the bridegroom when he went to bring home the bride, or the bridesmaid who escorted the bride to the bridegroom.
Etymology
From Late Latin paranymphus, from Greek paranymphos (masculine and femnine) groomsman, bridesmaid, literally, person beside the bride.
"If any of these, or all, the Timnian bride Had not so soon preferred Thy Paranymph, worthless to thee compared." — John Milton, Samson Agonistes: Part III.
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