† herd-groomn.
Obsolete.
A shepherd-lad; a herdsman, shepherd.
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c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 135 An han thise lytel herde gromes That kepen bestis in the bromes.
c1440 Compleynt 418 in Temple Glas (E.E.T.S.) 64 On bankys hy a-mong the bromys, Wher as these lytylle herdegromys Floutyn al the longe day.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 35 So loytring liue you little heardgrommes, Keeping your beastes in the budded broomes.
?1606 M. Drayton Eglog viii, in Poemes sig. G But he forsakes the heardgroom and his flocks, Nor of his bagpipes takes at all no keep.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vii. lxviii. 101 Upon his shield that cruell Herd-groom play'd.
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