Groom

Definitions

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a servant.
   countable, uncountable
2. A man who is about to marry.
3. A person who looks after horses.
4. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
5. A town in Carson County, Texas, United States.
   countable, uncountable
6. A male servant, or more generally, a common man.
   archaic
7. A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.

Equivalents

Examples

“Toward the end⟳ of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own⟳ with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.”

“the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole”

“The needy groom, that never finger'd groat, Would make⟳ a miracle of thus much coin …”

“Give⟳ the mare a quick groom before you take⟳ her out.”

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