groom

Meaning

Noun

A man who is about to marry.

Verb

1. To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
2. (transitive) To care for (horses or other animals) by brushing and cleaning them.
3. (transitive) To prepare (someone) for an event
4. (transitive) To prepare (someone) for election or appointment.
5. (transitive) To gain, or attempt to gain, the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually (if under the age of consent).
6. (transitive) In agile software development, to review and prioritize the items in the development backlog.
7. (transitive) To prepare (a ski slope) for skiers by packing down the snow.

Synonyms

bridegroom

stableman

hostler

ostler

dress

👗

prepare

bride

fiancé

neaten

stableboy

fiance

stable boy

curry

🍛

spruce

train

🚋

horsekeeper

stable hand

footman

fettle

cleanse

syce

neater

currycomb

horse-keeper

tidy

steward

tend

sanitize

refine

son-in-law

fix

confection

clear

equestrian

equerry

produce

entertain

clean

bellhop

elaborate

nurse

cherish

newlyweds

distill

plume

preen

manufacture

care for

purge

boyfriend

Translations

novio

Bräutigam

sposo

bruidegom

jeune marié

marié

noivo

stalknecht

strigliare

🍛

nuvi

Stallknecht

Pferdeknecht

γαμπρός

préparer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹuːm/

Etymology

Cognate with Icelandic: gumi

Cognate with Norwegian: gume

Inherited from Middle English: grom

Cognate with Middle Dutch: grom

Cognate with Icelandic: grómr

Cognate with Old French: gromme

Cognate with Middle Low German: grôm

Inherited from Old English: *grōma

In summary

1604, short for bridegroom (“husband-to-be”), from Middle English brydgrome, alteration (with intrusive r) of earlier bridegome (“bridegroom”), from Old English brȳdguma (“bridegroom”), from brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man, hero”). In Middle English, the second element was re-analyzed as or influenced by grom, grome (“attendant”). Guma derives from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō; it is cognate to Icelandic gumi (cf. Icelandic brúðgumi) and Norwegian gume and, ultimately, human.

Sentences

Everyone toasted the bride and groom .