[ noun ] a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor) <noun.person>
Benedict \Ben"e*dict\, Benedick \Ben"e*dick\, n. [From Benedick, one of the characters in Shakespeare's play of ``Much Ado about Nothing.''] A married man, or a man newly married.
Brian Murray makes a comical yet touching Don Pedro, the nobleman who instigates the matching up of Benedick with Beatrice and Claudio with Hero.
"Still, this will be an extraordinary achievement," said Benedick, a senior fellow of The Conservation Foundation and World Wildlife Fund on assignment for the State Department.