Meaning
5 sensesA man who is about to marry.
a man who has recently been married
A person who looks after horses.
Stallknecht, Pferdeknecht, Hengstmann
ко́нюхkónjux
One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole
A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.
Give the mare a quick groom before you take her out.
(archaic)A male servant, or more generally, a common man.
Examples
107 sentencesThe monkeys are grooming each other.
deDie Affen lausen sich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Long live the bride and groom.
The groom left the bride standing at the altar.
ruЖених бросил невесту перед алтарём. — marafon
deDer Bräutigam ließ die Braut vor dem Altar stehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'd like to dedicate this next song to the bride and groom.
Do you know the groom?
ruТы знаешь жениха? — Wezel
Translations
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Origin
1604, short for bridegroom (“husband-to-be”), from Middle English brydgrome, alteration (w1604, 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.
From Middle English grom, grome (“man-child, boy, youth”), of uncertain origin. Apparently related to Middle Dutch grom (“boy”), Old Icelandic grómr, gromr (“man, manservant, boy”), Old French gromme (“manservant”), and also to Middle Dutch grom (“fish guts”), Middle Low German grôm (“fish guts”), from the same Proto-Germanic root. Possibly from Old English *grōm, from Proto-West Germanic *grōm (“swollen belly, stomach tumour, womb-child, fish roe, fish guts”), from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow”).
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Forms
plural: groomsSynonyms
7 synonyms- a man who has recently been married:bridegroom
- a man participant in his own marriage ceremony:bridegroom
- someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses:hostlerostler