groom

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A person employed to take care of horses or a stable.
2. n. A bridegroom.
3. n. One of several officers in an English royal household.
4. n. Archaic A man.
5. n. Archaic A male servant.
6. v. To care for the appearance of; to make neat and trim: groomed himself carefully in front of the mirror.
7. v. To clean and brush (an animal).
8. v. To remove dirt and parasites from the skin, fur, or feathers of (another animal).
9. v. To prepare, as for a specific position or purpose: groom an employee for advancement.
10. v. Sports To prepare (a trail) for skiers, as by packing down new snow or leveling moguls.
11. v. To care for one's appearance.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A boy; a youth; a young man.
2. n. A boy or man in service; a personal attendant; a page; a serving-man.
3. n. Specifically A boy or man who has the charge of horses; one who takes care of the horses or the stable.
4. n. One of several officers in the English royal household: as, groom of the stole; groom of the chamber.
5. n. See groom.
6. To tend or care for, as a horse; curry, feed, etc. (a horse): sometimes, in horse slang, used with reference to a person.
7. n. A man newly married, or about to be married; a bridegroom: the correlative of bride.

Wiktionary

1. n. A man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple. Short form of bridegroom.
2. n. A person who cares for horses.
3. v. To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
4. v. To care for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
5. v. To prepare a ski slope for skiers
6. v. transitive To attempt to gain the trust of a minor or adult with the intention of subjecting them to abusive or exploitative behaviour such as sexual abuse, human trafficking or sexual slavery.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.
2. n. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department
3. n. A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom.
4. v. To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. educate for a future role or function
2. n. a man who has recently been married
3. n. someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
4. v. care for one's external appearance
5. v. give a neat appearance to
6. n. a man participant in his own marriage ceremony