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herdgroom

herdgroom noun: a herdsman.

Noun

herdgroom (plural herdgrooms)

  1. (obsolete) A herdsman.
    • To whom they aunswer'd, as did appertaine, / That they were poore heardgroomes […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of herdgroom

pluralherdgrooms

Origin of herdgroom

From herd + groom.

Questions about herdgroom

What does herdgroom mean?
Herdgroom means a herdsman.
What part of speech is herdgroom?
Herdgroom is a noun.
What is the plural of herdgroom?
The plural of herdgroom is herdgrooms.

Words near herdgroom in the dictionary

  1. Herdern
  2. herders
  3. herdess
  4. herdesses
  5. herdful
  6. herdgroom
  7. herdgrooms
  8. herdic
  9. herdics
  10. herdin'
  11. herding

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