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noun

Groom n.

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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.

A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom.

Groom porter, formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.

verb

Groom v. i. (past & past part. groomed; pres. part. grooming) To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.

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Etymology of 'Groom'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Groom" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Your—ah—groom of the chambers," said the Professor, "seems to have decided that we should dine here. I observe they are making signs to you that the ...

— The Brass Bottle • F. Anstey

... rather miss the sight of the chase than injure the farmer; and relate how, on one occasion, she gave up riding for a week or two, and sent her horses back from Compiegne to Versailles, because the wife of her head-groom was on the point of her confinement, and she wished her to have her husband near her at such a moment; and on another, when the horse of one of her attendants kicked her, and inflicted a severe bruise on her foot, she abstained from mentioning ...

— The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France • Charles Duke Yonge

... to Alexandria; but the soft-hearted fool, whose dove flew after me, and I are men of a different stamp; I will follow my flown bird, and catch it again." He spoke the last words aloud, and then desired one of the senator's slaves to give his mule a good feed and drink, for his own groom, and the superior decurion who during his absence must take his place, were also worshippers of Mithras, and had not yet returned from ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... way about every other day, and when nothing of the original article is left, the patches of which it is composed keep on giving way. Each repair costs from one to three pice, and it puzzles one to conceive what benefit a well-paid groom can derive from being the broker in such petty transactions. But all the details of life in this country are microscopical, not only among the poor, but among those whose business is conducted in lakhs. I have been ...

— Behind the Bungalow • EHA

... from such a simple groom. I will be happy in despite of state. And why? because I never feared fate. But come, Arcathius, for your father's sake: Enjoin your fellow-princes to their tasks, And help to succour these my weary bones. Tut, ...

— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition) • Various

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