Groomling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A little or young groom (“person who looks after horses”).

    "[…] though it was pitch-dark, and we were obliged to be escorted by grooms and groomlings with candles and lanterns; a very necessary precaution, as the winds blew not more violently without the house than within."

Example

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"[…] though it was pitch-dark, and we were obliged to be escorted by grooms and groomlings with candles and lanterns; a very necessary precaution, as the winds blew not more violently without the house than within."

Etymology

From groom + -ling.

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