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Groom Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Groom?
[n] a man who has recently been married
[n] a man participant in his own marriage ceremony [n] someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [v] care for the external appearance [v] give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" [v] prepare (someone) for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" Synonyms | Synonyms for Groom: bridegroom | curry | hostler | neaten | ostler | prepare | stableboy | stableman | train Related Terms | Find terms related to Groom: adapt | apprentice | bed | bed down | blushing bride | break | break in | breaker | breed | breeder | bride | bridegroom | bridle | brief | bring up | broncobuster | brush | brush up | buckaroo | cattleman | clean up | clear the decks | clear up | coach | condition | cow keeper | cowman | cultivate | curry | currycomb | dairy farmer | dairyman | develop | discipline | drench | dress | drill | equerry | exercise | farrier | feed | fetch up | fettle | fit | fix up | fodder | form | foster | gentle | get ready | grazier | handle | harness | hitch | honeymooner | horseshoer | hostler | housebreak | house-train | improve | lick into shape | litter | make ready | manage | manicure | milk | neaten | newlywed | nurse | nurture | plighted bride | plume | police | police up | practice | preen | prepare | prime | primp | put in trim | put in tune | put to school | raise | rancher | ranchero | ranchman | ready | rear | refresh | rehearse | rub down | saddle | send to school | shape | sheepman | smarten up | spruce | spruce up | stableboy | stableman | stock raiser | stockbreeder | stockkeeper | stockman | straighten up | take in hand | tame | tamer | tend | tidy | tidy up | titivate | train | trainer | trig up | trim | trim up | tutor | war bride | water | yoke See Also | arrange | barber | beautify | clean | clean up | cleanse | coif | coiffe | coiffure | comb | comb out | disentangle | dispose | do | do up | doll up | dress | educate | embellish | gel | glam up | hand | hired hand | hired man | honeymooner | make up | manicure | mousse | newlywed | participant | pedicure | perfume | pomade | prettify | pretty up | qualify | scent | set | shave | slick up | smarten up | spruce | spruce up | wedding | wedding party Groom In Webster's Dictionary \Groom\, n. [Cf. Scot. grome, groyme, grume, gome, guym,
man, lover, OD. grom boy, youth; perh. the r is an insertion
as in E. bridegroom, and the word is the same as AS. guma
man. See {Bridegroom}.]
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.
\Groom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grooming}.] To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse. |
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