0 a male friend or relation of the bridegroom who stands with him and helps him during a marriage ceremony --
1 (at a marriage ceremony) the male friend or family member who stands with the bridegroom --
I am not at all sure that the next best man is not the one who may sell compulsorily.
Our desire is to secure the best man we can get for the office, and to make it an office which shall be coveted.
If he is the best man, he is probably the best man to stop that disaster.
We shall naturally use all our influence to get the best man chosen.
It was considered that an officer of distinction was the best man for the position.
We shall have a fair field, and no favour, and let the best man win.
We would be assured that even on these routes the best man in terms of prices and subsidies would win.
It is not the man with capital who is always the best man to develop industry.
