somebody who is in charge of the feeding, care, and stabling of horsesa bridegroomarchaic a manservant [Middle English grom boy, man, manservant]
to clean and care for (e.g. a horse or dog), esp by brushing its coatto make (oneself or one's clothes or appearance) neat or attractive an impeccably groomed womanto get (somebody) ready for a specific role or task, e.g. by trainingsaid of a paedophile: to develop a friendship with (a child), esp in an Internet chat room, in order to entice them into a sexual relationship verb intransto groom oneselfgroomer noungrooming noun