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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-664/
- Published: 2026-06-12T18:15:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-12T18:15:49.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

paranymph (noun) -

1: a friend going with a bridegroom to fetch home the bride in ancient Greece. Also : the bridesmaid conducting the bride to the bridegroom  
2a: best man  
b: bridesmaid

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paranymph?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Paranymph resulted from the marriage of the Greek prefix para- and the Greek word for bride, nymphē. The prefix para- can mean "beside" or "alongside of," as is apparent in the word parallel, from the Greek word parallēlos, a union of para- and the word allēnōn, meaning "of one another." At one time, the word paranymph also was used for a person who solicits or speaks for another - that is, an advocate - but that sense is now very rare.

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