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groomling

groomling noun: a little or young groom (“person who looks after horses”).

Noun

groomling (plural groomlings)

  1. A little or young groom (“person who looks after horses”).
    • […] though it was pitch-dark, and we were obliged to be escorted by grooms and groomlings with candles and lanterns; a very necessary precaution, as the winds blew not more violently without the house than within.1835, William Beckford, Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal, volume 1, page 13
    • Half an hour later the two girls were in the wood near Tangley Manor, gathering wild flowers, while the ponies waited in a sheltered corner, and the groomling in charge slumbered placidly in the bottom of the carriage, with the reins in his hands.1880, [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “In Tangley Wood”, in Just as I Am […], volume II, London: John and Robert Maxwell […], →OCLC, page 230

Forms of groomling

pluralgroomlings

Origin of groomling

From groom + -ling.

Questions about groomling

What does groomling mean?
Groomling means a little or young groom (“person who looks after horses”).
What part of speech is groomling?
Groomling is a noun.
What is the plural of groomling?
The plural of groomling is groomlings.

Words near groomling in the dictionary

  1. grooming
  2. groomings
  3. groomish
  4. groomlet
  5. groomlets
  6. groomling
  7. groomlings
  8. grooms
  9. grooms of the stool
  10. grooms-in-waiting
  11. grooms-to-be

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