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name
An English surname originating as an occupation for a servant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A town in Carson County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A man who is about to marry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bridegroom
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noun
A person who looks after horses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: fettler, horsekeeper, ostler, sais, mafoo
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noun
One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A male servant, or more generally, a common man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: primp
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verb
To care for (horses or other animals) by brushing and cleaning them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To care for (horses or other animals) by feeding, currying and tending to them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To prepare (someone) for an event
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To prepare (someone) for election or appointment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
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verb
In agile software development, to review and prioritize the items in the development backlog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
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verb
To prepare (a ski slope) for skiers by packing down the snow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a man who has recently been married
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bridegroom
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Broader terms: newlywed, honeymooner
noun
a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bridegroom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: participant
noun
someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: stableman, stableboy, hostler, ostler
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Broader terms: hired hand, hand, hired man
verb
care for one's external appearance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: neaten
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
Narrower terms: cleanse, clean, shave, comb, comb out, disentangle, dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure, mousse, gel, pomade, clean up, make up, manicure, barber, pedicure, doll up, do up, pretty up, glam up, spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up, perfume, scent
verb
give a neat appearance to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dress, curry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
verb
educate for a future role or function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: prepare, train
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: educate
Narrower terms: qualify, dispose
History
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.
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”). Alternative 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.
Across languages
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