1. (n.) A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.
2. (n.) One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole.
3. (n.) A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom.
4. (v. i.) To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.
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