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grooms-in-waiting

grooms-in-waiting is the plural of groom-in-waiting.

Meaning of groom-in-waiting

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.

Questions about grooms-in-waiting

What is grooms-in-waiting the plural of?
Grooms-in-waiting is the plural of groom-in-waiting.

Words near grooms-in-waiting in the dictionary

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

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