GROOM
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABBATIS a steward of the stables, a groom → 1775 (Bk.)
► GINNY a groom in a horseracing stable → 1952 US sl.
► HELPER a person employed to assist in some kind of work; an assistant, a servant; specifically, a groom’s assistant in a stable → 1686
► JACK-BOY a boy employed in menial work; a stable-boy, groom or postillion; one who rides one of a carriage’s leading horses rather than riding on the box→ 1573 obs.
► MAFOO a groom; hence, a coachman → 1910 Anglo-Chinese (Bk.)
► MOZO a male servant or attendant; a groom; a labourer → 1811 chiefly Latin American
► PAD-GROOM a groom who attends to a pad (a horse for ordinary riding, a saddle horse); a keeper or manager of horses → 1743
► PALFRENER a man having charge of horses; a groom → 1490 obs.
► PALFRENIER a man having charge of horses; a groom → c1489 obs.
► PALFRER a man having charge of horses; a groom → 1301 obs.
► PALFREYMAN a man having charge of horses, a groom → 1297
► PALFREYOUR a man having charge of horses; a groom → 1300 obs.
► SADDLE-NAG a stable-boy; a groom → 1646 obs.
► SWIPE a groom or stable boy → 1929 US sl.
► VARLET a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom → 1456 arch.
► VARLETTO a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom → 1598 obs.
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