Groom

Noun

 * 1) A man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple. Short form of bridegroom.

Synonyms

 * bridegroom

Noun

 * 1) A person who cares for horses.

Synonyms

 * ostler

Verb

 * 1) To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
 * 2) To care for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
 * 3) To prepare a ski slope for skiers
 * 4)  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.

Related terms

 * groomed
 * grooming
 * bridegroom

Adjectives for Groom
diminutive; natty; surly; envious; unpolished; sturdy; surfeited; industrious; bashful; nervous; worried.

Adverbs for Groom
foppishly; tastefully; immaculately; nattily; handsomely; fittingly; appropriately; decoratively; impressively.

Thesaurus
adapt, apprentice, bed, bed down, blushing bride, break, break in, breaker, breed, breeder, bride, bridegroom, bridle, brief, bring up, broncobuster, brush, brush up, buckaroo, cattleman, clean up, clear the decks, clear up, coach, condition, cow keeper, cowman, cultivate, curry, currycomb, dairy farmer, dairyman, develop, discipline, drench, dress, drill, equerry, exercise, farrier, feed, fetch up, fettle, fit, fix up, fodder, form, foster, gentle, get ready, grazier, handle, harness, hitch, honeymooner, horseshoer, hostler, house-train, housebreak, improve, lick into shape, litter, make ready, manage, manicure, milk, neaten, newlywed, nurse, nurture, plighted bride, plume, police, police up, practice, preen, prepare, prime, primp, put in trim, put in tune, put to school, raise, rancher, ranchero, ranchman, ready, rear, refresh, rehearse, rub down, saddle, send to school, shape, sheepman, smarten up, spruce, spruce up, stableboy, stableman, stock raiser, stockbreeder, stockkeeper, stockman, straighten up, take in hand, tame, tamer, tend, tidy, tidy up, titivate, train, trainer, trig up, trim, trim up, tutor, war bride, water, yoke

Etymology 1
1604, short for bridegroom:, from brydgrome:, bridegome:, from  brydguma:, from bryd: + guma:, from, from.

Germanic cognates include Icelandic gumi: and Norwegian gume:. Cognate to human: from Proto-Indo-European via Latin homo:.

Second element reanalyzed as groom, "attendant."

Etymology 2
From grom:, grome:, of uncertain origin. Apparently related to Middle Dutch grom:, Old Icelandic grómr:, gromr:, Old French gromme:, from the same root. Possibly from Old English *undefined:, from, related to , though uncertain as *grōanan was used typically of plants; its secondary meaning being "to turn green".

Alternate etymology describes Middle English grom, grome as an alteration of gome: with an intrusive r (also found in bridegroom:, hoarse:, cartridge:, etc.), with the Middle Dutch and Old Icelandic cognates following similar variation of their respective forms.

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: kürəkən
 * Chinese:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Bräutigam -s, -e
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 新郎 (しんろう, shinrou)
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:


 * Macedonian: младоженец
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: brudgom
 * Nynorsk: brudgom
 * Polish: pan młody
 * Portuguese: noivo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: (ženíx)
 * Scottish Gaelic: fear na bainnse, fear nuadh-pòsda
 * Serbian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: damat

Noun

 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean: 말꾼 (malkkun), 마부 (馬夫, mabu)


 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * Macedonian: се негува, се дотерува


 * Macedonian: тимари, негува