koumbaros
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Transliteration of Greek κουμπάρος . Doublet of compere.
Noun[edit]
koumbaros (plural koumbaroi)
- The person who, during a Greek Orthodox wedding, exchanges the crowns over the couples heads (and has other related roles)
- 2009 March 14, Anne Barnard, “Furniture Chain’s Boast: Made in America. In Queens, in Fact.”, in New York Times[1]:
- He became Mr. Koutsoftas’s koumbaros, a combined best man and godfather to Mr. Koutsoftas’s children, a role in the Greek Orthodox church that is the equivalent of family.