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groom-in-waiting

groom-in-waiting noun: the holder of a post in the royal household of the United Kingdom (or in earlier times one of several simultaneous holders), serving as an attendant on the monarch's person.

Noun

groom-in-waiting (plural grooms-in-waiting)

  1. (historical) The holder of a post in the royal household of the United Kingdom (or in earlier times one of several simultaneous holders), serving as an attendant on the monarch's person.

Forms of groom-in-waiting

pluralgrooms-in-waiting

Questions about groom-in-waiting

What does groom-in-waiting mean?
Groom-in-waiting means the holder of a post in the royal household of the United Kingdom (or in earlier times one of several simultaneous holders), serving as an attendant on the monarch's person.
What part of speech is groom-in-waiting?
Groom-in-waiting is a noun.
What is the plural of groom-in-waiting?
The plural of groom-in-waiting is grooms-in-waiting.

Words near groom-in-waiting in the dictionary

  1. grool
  2. groom
  3. Groom Lake
  4. groom of the stool
  5. groom's cake
  6. groom-in-waiting
  7. groom-porter
  8. groom-porters
  9. groom-to-be
  10. groomable
  11. groomal

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