groom

¹groom

noun \ˈgrüm, ˈgru̇m\

Definition of GROOM

1

archaic : man, fellow

2

a (1) archaic : manservant (2) : one of several officers of the English royal household b : a person responsible for the feeding, exercising, and stabling of horses

3

: bridegroom

Origin of GROOM

Middle English grom

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Animal Husbandry Terms

apiary, bantam, calico, girth, hogwash, mast, rut

Rhymes with GROOM

bloom, boom, broom, brume, combe, cwm, doom, flume, fume, gloom, glume, khoum, loom, neume, plume, rheum, room, spume, tomb, toom, vroom, whom, womb, zoom