grooms

Noun (1)

groom (plural grooms)

1. A man who is about to marry.

   Synonyms:

   bridegroom

Noun (2)

groom (plural grooms)

1. A person who looks after horses.
   • 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.2013 January, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 62

   Synonyms:

   fettler, horsekeeper, ostler, sais, mafoo

2. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
   • the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole
3. (archaic) A male servant, or more generally, a common man.
   • The needy groom, that never finger'd groat,
     Would make a miracle of thus much coin …c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published...
4. A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.
   • Give the mare a quick groom before you take her out.

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