Usually means: Groom's chief assistant at wedding.
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  1. best man: Merriam-Webster
  2. best man: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. best man: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. best man: Collins English Dictionary
  5. best man: Vocabulary.com
  6. best-man: Wordnik
  7. Best man, The Best Man (EP), The Best Man (How I Met Your Mother), The Best Man (play), The Best Man: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. best man: Rhymezone
  9. Best Man: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. best man: FreeDictionary.org
  11. best man: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. best man: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Best man, best man: Dictionary.com
  14. best man: Wordnik
  15. best man: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  16. best man: Wiktionary
  17. best man: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  18. best man: Infoplease Dictionary
  19. best man: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (best man)

▸ noun:  The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony.
▸ noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see best, man.

Similar:
groomsman, bridesman, maid of honor, groomsmaid, bridesmaid, brosmaid, bridegroom, matron of honour, groom, brideman, more...

Opposite:
maid of honor, groomsman, bridesmaid, best woman

Types:
childhood friend, brother, cousin, college friend, groomsman, more...

Phrases:
The Best Man Holiday, more...

Adjectives:
would-be, bridal, bridey, husbandly, married, man, boss, newlywed, betrothed, relict, fere



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Similar:
groomsman, bridesman, maid of honor, groomsmaid, bridesmaid, brosmaid, bridegroom, matron of honour, groom, brideman, more...

Opposite:
maid of honor, groomsman, bridesmaid, best woman

Types:
childhood friend, brother, cousin, college friend, groomsman, more...

Phrases:
The Best Man Holiday, more...

Adjectives:
would-be, bridal, bridey, husbandly, married, man, boss, newlywed, betrothed, relict, fere



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