In a wedding if the female is the bride and the male is the groom, what on earth is the bridegroom?

I saw in a write up the other day of a wedding this referral of the groom as the bridegroom and couldn't figure out why he would be referred to as the bride as well as the bridegroom?

bridegroom. The groom of the bride. The wedding is usually about the woman, and the groom is part of her wedding party... The short form is groom, which is much more common now...

Main Entry: bride·groom

Pronunciation: \ˈbrīd-ˌgrüm, -ˌgru̇m\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English (Scots) brydegrome, by folk etymology from Middle English bridegome, from Old English bryÌ„dguma, from bryÌ„d + guma man; akin to Old High German brÅ«tgomo bridegroom â€" more at homage

Date: 14th century

: a man just married or about to be married

He is the poor sap who has just signed his life away, and his money and whatever else he thought was his. He is the fella who is now going to groomed by the bride to fit into every box she wants him in. Believe me it is not the groom who is grooming the bride, I know my wife is still grooming me after 42 years and I'm loving every minute of it. I am just being cynical because she told me I was. Seriously married life is all about giving and taking, the man does all the giving and the woman all the taking OUCH!! that hurt, got to go now or she'll land me another . BYE!

Groom and bridegroom are synonyms, and are basically interchangeable.

Bridegroom is generally the more formal of the two, as it specifically means "a newly married man or a man about to be married" while Groom has several different definitions.

It's just another term for "groom." It's a bit more old-fashioned. It's kind of like saying, "The bride's groom," "or the groom that goes with that bride." You know how wonky some of these old-fashioned words are...

bridegroom is another word for groom. because he's the bride's-groom.

Groom is a shortened version of bridegroom.