шафер

Borrowed from German Schaffer (< schaffen, literally устрои́тель, akin to English shape).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂafʲɪr]

ша́фер • (šáfer) m anim (genitive ша́фера, nominative plural шафера́, genitive plural шаферо́в)

1. best man, groomsman

   Synonym: дру́жка (drúžka)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “шафер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “шафер”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.