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groomlings

groomlings is the plural of groomling.

Meaning of groomling

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

Questions about groomlings

What is groomlings the plural of?
Groomlings is the plural of groomling.

Words near groomlings in the dictionary

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

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