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groom

/ɡˈɹuːm/GROOM
/ɡˈɹum/GROOM

Meaningyoung servant

Common meaning: a person who cares for horses or a bridegroom

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishgumasourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishgrom‘young servant’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsyoung servant → a person who cares for horses or a bridegroomgroom‘a person who cares for horses or a bridegroom’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English guma ‘young servant’.

Roots

  • guma Old English “young servant”

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