best man vs bridesmaid

best man

noun
  • The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see best, man. 

bridesmaid

noun
  • A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party. 

  • A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first. 

verb
  • To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony. 

How often have the words best man and bridesmaid occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )