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herd-groom
† herd-groom Obs. [f. herd n.2 + groom.] A shepherd-lad; a herdsman, shepherd.c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame iii. 135 An han thise lytel herde gromes That kepen bestis in the bromes. c 1440 Compleynt 418 in Temple Glas (E.E.T.S.) 64 On bankys hy a-mong the bromys, Wher as these lytylle herdegromys Floutyn a...
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▪ I. groom, n.1 (gruːm) Forms: 3–5 grom, 3–7 grome, 5–6 grume, 5–7 groome, (5 groyme, 6 growme, grum), 6– groom. [Of difficult etymology. According to the evidence of the quots. ‘boy, male child’ seems to be the orig. sense. The word might conceivably represent an OE. *gróm, f. root *grô- of grow v....
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