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groom

[groom, groom] / grum, grʊm /
NOUN
man being married
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Antonyms
WEAK


NOUN
stable attendant; servant
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The ceremony, per tabloid reporting, was interminable, with both bride and groom delivering a 20-minute set of vows.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

During the tournament, a new tradition has also emerged: Fans gather and toss a person into the air, as is traditionally done with a groom at a wedding.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

Sarah Chapelle, writer and founder of fashion blog Taylor Swift Style, pointed out that Kelce "genuinely loves fashion" and might be an eye-catching groom.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

“And he doesn’t bluff, either. What he does is groom us. He prepares us for things that would otherwise be unthinkable.”

From Salon May 26, 2026

Tag grooms it, so it must be available to groom someone else.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The grooms lined up beside them in navy blue suits and deep-red ties.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Louis Hernandez and Matt Giardiello, Brooklynites who got married in New York’s Hudson Valley last Friday during Game 2, have some lessons for Saturday’s grooms and brides.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

He grooms them, administers their daily doses of medicine by hand and recognizes their individual personalities.

From Salon May 17, 2026

India brides and grooms prepping with weight-loss drugs.

From MarketWatch Apr. 7, 2026

They went around, one after the other, their heads down, the grooms leading them.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

Like Bukele, de la Espriella sports a meticulously groomed beard.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Also depends on how you were groomed or how you came into the situation.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

Memorably, the penultimate episode found Attenborough playing with and being groomed by a group of mountain gorillas, which he later described as "one of the most exciting encounters of my life".

From BBC May 8, 2026

Males and females hunted together, groomed each other and went on patrols through the forest.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2026

He was a photogenic man, dapper and carefully groomed, with a little man’s largish head.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

You know a movie is adrift when you spend the running time admiring the grooming.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

In 2022, when Burnham was mayor of Greater Manchester, he called on the Conservative government "to do everything" within its power to deport grooming gang members.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Do you have a skin care or grooming ritual?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

In his 20 years running JPMorgan, Dimon has regularly shuffled his top leadership ranks with an eye toward grooming a replacement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

A small gray cat sat on the kitchen counter grooming himself.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor




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