A paranymph is a ceremonial assistant and or coach in a ceremony. In ancient Greek weddings the bride and bridegroom were attended by paranymphs, and from this use it has been generalized to refer to attendants of doctoral students, best men and bridesmaids in weddings and the like.
Susapinnu: The Mesopotamian Paranymph and His Role
Prof. Goffredo da Silva Telles Jr.'s Speech as Paranymph of the Class of 1989. (In the Name of Decency)
[An oration of a paranymph.]
Figure 6. Paranymphon Bifilarium N In New Species And New Records Of Sea Spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) From Deep Waters In Weste...
Paranymphus adiens : treble voices and violoncello
"Paranymphar is sponsoring, supporting and defending"
Oratio Paranymphica habita in collegio Imperiali Matritensi Societatis Iesu pro prima apertione Scholarum Seminarij Regij quo nuper ...
Alphonsi Fernandez Berlangensis ... Paranymphus, seu publica legatio habita in Theatro eiusdem Academiae, in Doctoratu nouem virorum...
The deep‐water pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean
Some deep water Pycnogonids from the north‐east Atlantic
