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    groom
    [ɡro͞om]
    verb
    groom (verb) · grooms (third person present) · groomed (past tense) · groomed (past participle) · grooming (present participle)
    1. brush and clean the coat of (a horse, dog, or other animal):
      "you must be prepared to spend time grooming your dog"
      • (of an animal) clean the fur or skin of:
        "their main preoccupation is licking and grooming themselves"
      • give a neat and tidy appearance to (someone):
        "keeping oneself groomed is important and can have a positive impact on one's attitude" · "a beautifully groomed woman"
      • look after (a lawn, ski slope, or other surface):
        "groom your lawn—keep the grass cut"
    2. prepare or train (someone) for a particular purpose or activity:
      "star pupils who are groomed for higher things" · "the teenage duo were groomed for stardom"
    3. form a relationship with (a child or young person) with the intention of sexually assaulting them or inducing them to commit an illegal act such as selling drugs or joining a terrorist organization:
      "he groomed a 14-year-old girl online while pretending to be a former soldier" · "too often we are seeing vulnerable children being groomed, exploited, and trafficked" · "he was a vulnerable teen boy who was groomed by terrorists"
    noun
    groom (noun) · grooms (plural noun)
    1. a person employed to take care of horses.
    2. a man on his wedding day or just before and after the event; a bridegroom:
      "the tradition is said to bring good luck to the bride and groom"
    3. BRITISH ENGLISH
      any of various officials of the royal household.
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘boy’, later ‘man, male servant’): of unknown origin.
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    verb
    1. brush and clean the coat of (a horse, dog, or other animal):
      curry
      brush
      comb
      rub
      rub down
    2. prepare or train (someone) for a particular purpose or activity:
      prepare
      prime
      make ready
      ready
      condition
      tailor
      coach
      train
      instruct
      tutor
      drill
      teach
      educate
      school
    noun
    1. a person employed to take care of horses.
      stable hand
      stableman
      stable boy
      stable girl
      equerry
      stable lad
    2. a man on his wedding day or just before and after the event; a bridegroom:
      bridegroom
      husband-to-be
      newlywed
      new husband
      newly-married man
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    What does it mean to be a groom?
    In another context, a groom can also refer to a person, typically male, whose job is to take care of horses, such as feeding, cleaning and ensuring the overall well-being of the animals. Additionally, 'groom' can also refer to the action of caring, cleaning or maintaining something or someone, usually with careful attention.

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    What does it mean to groom a horse?
    A groom is a man who is getting married or who has just got married. ...the bride and groom. A groom is someone whose job is to look after the horses in a stable and to keep them clean. If you groom an animal, you clean its fur, usually by brushing it. The horses were exercised and groomed with special care. [VERB noun]

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    What is the difference between a groom and a bridegroom?
    A bridegroom (often shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bridegroom's future spouse (if female) is usually referred to as the bride. A bridegroom is typically attended by a best man and groomsmen. A groom is commonly a man who is getting married or recently been married.

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    What etymology is Grom?
    Alternate etymology describes Middle English grom, grome as an alteration of gome (“man”) 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. Germanic cognates include Icelandic gumi and Norwegian gume.

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    Where does the word 'bridegroom' come from?
    1604, short for bridegroom ("husband-to-be"), from Middle English brydgrome, bridegome ("bridegroom"), from Old English brȳdguma ("bridegroom"), from brȳd ("bride") + guma ("man, hero"), from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhg'həmo-, *dhg'homo-.

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    How many people have the name groom?
    The Groom surname appeared 5,114 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Groom. 85.4% or 4,370 total occurrences were White. 9.5% or 487 total occurrences were Black. 2.3% or 118 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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    To groom means to take care of the appearance, whether it's plucking eyebrows or combing hair. When you spend over an hour grooming in the bathroom, combing your mustache and buffing your nails, you drive everyone else who …

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