Thesaurus: groom
A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.
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Definitions
- n. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.
- n. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole.
- n. A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom.
- v. i. To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.
- n. a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
- n. someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- n. a man who has recently been married
- v. educate for a future role or function
- v. give a neat appearance to
- v. care for one's external appearance
- 1. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable. Spenser. 2. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole. 3. A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom. Dryden. Groom porter, formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges. To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.
- n:47/v:53 n. a man participant in his own marriage ceremony n. a man who has recently been married v. care for one's external appearance