grome
Italian
Middle English
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Middle Dutch grom, Old Norse grómr, gromr, and Old French gromme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡroːm(ə)/, /ˈɡrɔːm(ə)/
Noun
grome (plural gromes)
- A male child of any age (ranging from infancy to the start of adulthood).
- One's assistant or servant; an underling, especially one in the homes of the nobility.
- A male person, especially a commoner or one who isn't noble-born.
Descendants
- English: groom
- Scots: greem
References
- “grọ̄m (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.
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