A sword was nurse of thine; Hippolyta, That had the spear to father, and the axe To Bridesman, and wet blood of sword-slain men For wedding-water out of a noble well, Even she did bear thee, thinking of a sword, And thou wast made a man mistakingly.
"Poems & Ballads (First Series)"
Algernon Charles Swinburne
The Goshawk was Farina's Bridesman, and a very spiriting Bridesman was he!
"The Short Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
There was no train of bridesmaids; only pretty Mrs. Heron leaning on the arm of a dark-haired young man hitherto unknown in Foxholm, and holding by the other hand little Ozzy, who exulted less in his new velvet cap and tunic, than in the notion that he was Bridesman to Tin-Tin.
"Scenes of Clerical Life"
George Eliot