Meanings
nounbest man (plural best men)
plural best men
- The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony.
After all these years, he was still my best friend, and a few months later, he was my best man.
2007 October 26, Elizabeth Welch, “The Avatar and the Fire Lord” (11:13 from the start), in Ethan Spaulding, director, Avatar: The Last Airbender, season 3 (Book Three: Fire), episode 6, spoken by Roku (James Garret)
Translations
Afrikaans strooijonker
- strooijonkerprimary attendant to the groom
Bulgarian кум
- кум (kum)primary attendant to the groom
Catalan padrí
- padríprimary attendant to the groom
Chinese Mandarin 男儐相 /男傧相
- 男儐相 /男傧相 (nánbīnxiāng)primary attendant to the groom
Czech družba, ženichův svědek
- družbaprimary attendant to the groom
- ženichův svědekprimary attendant to the groom
- svědekprimary attendant to the groom
Danish forlover
- forloverprimary attendant to the groom
Dutch getuige voor de bruidegom
- getuige voor de bruidegomprimary attendant to the groom
Esperanto fianĉamiko
- fianĉamikoprimary attendant to the groom
Finnish bestman, puhemies
- bestmanprimary attendant to the groom
- puhemiesprimary attendant to the groom
French témoin, garçon d’honneur
- témoinprimary attendant to the groom
- garçon d’honneurprimary attendant to the groom
German Trauzeuge
- Trauzeugeprimary attendant to the groom
Greek κουμπάρος
- κουμπάρος (koumpáros)primary attendant to the groom
Hebrew שׁוּשְׁבִין
- שׁוּשְׁבִין (shushvín)primary attendant to the groom
Hungarian vőfély, násznagy
- vőfélyprimary attendant to the groom
- násznagyprimary attendant to the groom
Icelandic svaramaður
- svaramaðurprimary attendant to the groom
Irish vaidhtéir
- vaidhtéirprimary attendant to the groom
Italian testimone, testimone di nozze
- testimoneprimary attendant to the groom
- testimone di nozzeprimary attendant to the groom
Japanese ベストマン, 介添人
- ベストマン (besutoman)primary attendant to the groom
- 介添人 (kaizoenin)primary attendant to the groom
Norwegian Bokmål forlover
- forloverprimary attendant to the groom
Polish drużba
- drużbaprimary attendant to the groom
Portuguese padrinho
- padrinhoprimary attendant to the groom
Romanian cavaler de onoare
- cavaler de onoareprimary attendant to the groom
Russian ша́фер, дру́жка
- ша́фер (šáfer)primary attendant to the groom
- дру́жка (drúžka)primary attendant to the groom
- свиде́тель (svidételʹ)primary attendant to the groom
Scottish Gaelic fear-comhailteachd, fleasgach
- fear-comhailteachdprimary attendant to the groom
- fleasgachprimary attendant to the groom
- fleasgach fear-bainnseprimary attendant to the groom
- gille-comhailteachdprimary attendant to the groom
Spanish padrino
- padrinoprimary attendant to the groom
Tagalog abay na lalaki
- abay na lalakiprimary attendant to the groom
Thai เพื่อนเจ้าบ่าว
- เพื่อนเจ้าบ่าวprimary attendant to the groom
Turkish sağdıç
- sağdıçprimary attendant to the groom
Ukrainian свідок, дружба
- свідок (svidok)primary attendant to the groom
- дружба (družba)primary attendant to the groom
Cite this entry
APA
best man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/best%20man
MLA
“best man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/best%20man. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “best man,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/best%20man.
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