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I believe the word "bride" refers to a female. Then, what do you call a male in marriage?

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Rebecca

The newly-wedded husband is called the groom. This is usually only used to refer to a newly-married husband, though. Ex: The groom prepared a special first dance for his bride. Ex: My groom and I met when we were in school, so we're childhood sweethearts.

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