groom

CEFRB1

/ˈɡɹuːm/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To clean and care for an animal or prepare someone for a role.

  2. 02

    noun

    A man on his wedding day.

Examples

  • The bride and groom kissed when the ceremony ended.

  • The bride and groom signed the register.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɡɹʉm/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A person who looks after horses.

  2. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A man who is about to marry.

More examples

In context

  • The groom works for a company now, and the bride is our teacher.

  • Give the mare a quick groom before you take her out.

  • the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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.