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groom
[groom, groo
m] 
–noun
| 1. | a bridegroom. |
| 2. | a man or boy in charge of horses or the stable. |
| 3. | any of several officers of the English royal household. |
| 4. | Archaic. a manservant. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to tend carefully as to person and dress; make neat or tidy. |
| 6. | to clean, brush, and otherwise tend (a horse, dog, etc.). |
| 7. | to prepare for a position, election, etc.: The mayor is being groomed for the presidency. |
| 8. | (of an animal) to tend (itself or another) by removing dirt, parasites, or specks of other matter from the fur, skin, feathers, etc.: often performed as a social act. |
Related forms:
groomer, noun
groomish, adjective
groom⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
7. educate, train, coach, drill, tutor.
7. educate, train, coach, drill, tutor.
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| groom (grōōm, grŏŏm) n.
v. tr.
To care for one's appearance. [Middle English grom. N., sense 2, short for bridegroom.] groom'er n. |
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Groom
Groom\, n. [Cf. Scot. grome, groyme, grume, gome, guym, man, lover, OD. grom boy, youth; perh. the r is an insertion as in E. bridegroom, and the word is the same as AS. guma man. See Bridegroom.]1. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable. --Spenser. 2. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole. 3. A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom. --Dryden. Groom porter, formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.
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Language Translation for : groom
Spanish:
mozo de cuadra,
German:
der Stallknecht,
Japanese:
馬丁
groom (1)
c.1225, grome "male child, boy, youth." No known cognates in other Gmc. languages. Perhaps from O.E. *groma, related to growan "grow;" or from O.Fr. grommet "servant" (cf. M.E. gromet "ship's boy," 1229). The fact is, it appeared 13c. and nobody knows from whence. Meaning "male servant who attends to horses" is from 1667. The verb is first attested 1809; the transferred sense of "to tidy (oneself) up" is from 1843; fig. sense of "to prepare a candidate" is from 1887, originally in U.S. politics.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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