groom porter

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groom porter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Groom \Groom\, n. [Cf. Scot. grome, groyme, grume, gome, guym,
     man, lover, OD. grom boy, youth; perh. the r is an insertion
     as in E. bridegroom, and the word is the same as AS. guma
     man. See Bridegroom.]
     1. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man
        or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable. --Spenser.
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     2. 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.
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     3. A man recently married, or about to be married; a
        bridegroom. --Dryden.
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     Groom porter, formerly an officer in the English royal
        household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's
        lodgings and had certain privileges.
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