. _:b6844205 . _:b6844206 "1894, Dabney Herndon Maury, Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil Wars, section 6:"@en . _:b6844204 "1866, Thomas Hardy, chapter 13, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:"@en . _:b6844203 "A man who serves as one of a number of attendants to a bridegroom at a wedding, one of whom is the best man."@en . _:b6844205 "\"Philip,\" said Mr. Wilbur, \"when I marry, I want you to stand up with me--to be my groomsman.\""@en . _:b6844203 . _:b6844204 "The Scotchman, who assisted as groomsman, was of course the only one present, beyond the chief actors, who knew the true situation of the contracting parties."@en . _:b6844206 "There were eight bridesmaids and groomsmen, and I asked McClellan and Franklin to be of the number, but distant service prevented them from coming, and Burnside and Reno, of the Ordnance, took their places."@en . _:b6844205 "1888, Horatio Alger, The Errand Boy, Chapter XIV: Consulting the Oracle,"@en . "1" . _:b6844206 . _:b6844204 .