Groom

n. [Scot. grome, groyme, grume, gome, guym, man, lover, O. D. grom, boy, youth; A-S. & Goth. guma, man; O. Sax. gomo, gumo, Icel. gumi, O. H. Ger. gomo, allied to Lat. homo.] 1. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has the charge of horses, or the stable. I was a poor groom of thy stable. Shak.

2. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain’s department; as, the groom of the chamber; groom of the stole or robes. Brande.
3. A man recently married, or one who is attending his proposed spouse in order to be married; a bridegroom.