GROOM

A name now usually applied to servants who are employed about horses. From the Flemish grom, a boy. The groom-porter was an officer of the royal household in the lord steward's department, whose place is said to have succeeded that of the master of the revels. Groom is still the denomination of several officers of the royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; such as grooms in waiting, groom of the stole or robes, . . [s. 544]