groom (n.) Old form(s): Groome, groomes
fellow, character, creature
2H6 IV.i.130[Suffolk to First Gentleman] rather let my head / Stoop to the block ... / Than stand uncovered to the vulgar groom
2H6 IV.ii.116[Stafford to rebels, of Cade] forsake this groom
E3 V.i.22[King Edward to Calais Citizens] You, peradventure, are but servile grooms
KL II.iv.212.1[Lear to all, of Oswald] Persuade me rather to be slave and sumpter / To this detested groom [also: sense 1]
Per IV.vi.189[Marina to Boult] prostitute me to the basest groom
TS IV.i.111[Petruchio to Servants] You loggerheaded and unpolished grooms!
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