Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person employed to take care of horses or a stable.
- noun A man who is about to be married or has recently been married.
- noun One of several officers in an English royal household.
- noun A man.
- noun A male servant.
- intransitive verb To care for the appearance of; to make neat and trim.
- intransitive verb To clean and brush (an animal).
- intransitive verb To remove dirt and parasites from the skin, fur, or feathers of (another animal).
- intransitive verb To prepare, as for a specific position or purpose.
- intransitive verb Sports To prepare (terrain) for participants in a sport, as by packing down new snow and leveling moguls for skiers.
- intransitive verb To care for one's appearance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tend or care for, as a horse; curry, feed, etc. (a horse): sometimes, in horse slang, used with reference to a person.
- noun A man newly married, or about to be married; a bridegroom: the correlative of bride.
- noun A boy; a youth; a young man.
- noun A boy or man in service; a personal attendant; a page; a serving-man.
- noun Specifically A boy or man who has the charge of horses; one who takes care of the horses or the stable.
- noun One of several officers in the English royal household: as, groom of the stole; groom of the chamber.
- noun See
groom .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.
- noun A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.
- noun One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department
- noun A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom.
- noun formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who cares for horses.
- verb To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
- verb To care for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
- verb To prepare a
ski slope forskiers - verb transitive To attempt to gain the trust of a
minor or adult with the intention of subjecting them to abusive or exploitative behaviour such as sexual abuse, human trafficking or sexual slavery. - noun A man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married
couple . Short form ofbridegroom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb educate for a future role or function
- noun a man who has recently been married
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- verb care for one's external appearance
- verb give a neat appearance to
- noun a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At least though, being a groom is a guy thing, not a gay thing.
Metrosexuals Steve Sailer 2005
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The case boils down to a thwarted vampire wedding that's disrupted when the groom is outed as a former member of the werewolf club.
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The whole game is spent trying to find the groom from the bachelor party that you are too hungover to remember.
Five TV Shows or Movies That Should Be Made Into Video Games | myFiveBest 2009
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A bride and groom from the Seminole Nation in Florida, ca. 1895.
ibarw newspaper_rock 2009
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The groom is best known for his role as Marvin in he Anna Faris-assisted comedy The House Bunny.
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Young wives wanted: in the United States a groom is 2.3 years older than his bride (average from 1947 to 2009).
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The truth be told, I find weddings to be some of the most diverse photography a person can do, namely because every single bride and groom is completely different and have different wants.
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Ultimately, after a lot of suspense, grimaces from both contestants, and a commercial break, the groom is kicked off.
Kabul Makeover 2010
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In the United States, on average a groom is 2.3 years older than his bride.
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Ultimately, after a lot of suspense, grimaces from both contestants, and a commercial break, the groom is kicked off.
Kabul Makeover 2010
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