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Groom
Groom
,Noun.
[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
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Groomed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grooming
.] To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.