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groomer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡɹu.məɹ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡɹuː.mə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English groom Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English groomer From groom + -er.

Meanings

  1. One that grooms; that attends to apperance of a person or animal. ▸ A person who or an animal (the groomee) which cares for an animal by brushing and cleaning.
    • Does he or she have any certifications or accreditations as a dog groomer? Are there any breeds or types of dogs he or she specializes in? 2011, John Davies, How to Take Care of a Dog, page 34:
  2. One that grooms; that attends to apperance of a person or animal. ▸ A person who takes care for another person's appearance and clothing.
  3. (uncommon) One that grooms; that attends to apperance of a person or animal. ▸ One who cares for their own personal appearance.
    • One of the patients he had seen was a pubic groomer, so there was scant hair in the man's groin. Tae-Wol had witnessed lice furiously scrambling, trying to cling to this patient's stubbly pubic growth. 2021 February 2, Ina Park, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs, Flatiron Books, →ISBN:
    • I wonder what her pubic hair looks like. Perfectly manicured? A strip. She seems like a groomer. I down the glass as if it's a shot. The wine floats through my chest, warming me. Must stop imagining Kimmy's pubic hair. Brown pubic hair. 2012 June 15, Sarah Mlynowski, Monkey Business, Harlequin, →ISBN:
    • Now even though I am the quickest groomer/pooper in the family, I'm the one who spends the most time in the bathroom. Why? Because apparently I am the only one who notices the dried shit, snot, toothpaste, pubic hair, dog hair,[…] 2013 April 2, Nicole Knepper, Moms Who Drink and Swear: True Tales of Loving My Kids While Losing My Mind, Penguin, →ISBN:
    • "Actually just thinking about how good that beard looks on you. What made you decide to keep it after the play-offs?" "Lazy groomer, I guess," he says before taking another bite of his sandwich. 2016 March 15, Sawyer Bennett, Hawke: A Cold Fury Hockey Novel, Loveswept, →ISBN:
  4. A tool used for grooming. ▸ A brush used to groom animals.
  5. A tool used for grooming. ▸ A tool used to trim a person's hair.
    • Later, his face close to the mirror, he ran the electric groomer he'd found beside the sink over his beard until it was cropped close, and then with a razor and milled soap he shaved it into the semblance of a style he remembered. 2007 December 26, Jack Henderson, Circumference of Darkness, Bantam, →ISBN, page 402:
    • Instead, she retrieved an electric men's all-in-one groomer from the bag of supplies from the drugstore and proceeded to give him a military buzz cut. 2009 January 1, Linda Turner, Bounty Hunter's Woman, Silhouette, →ISBN, page 67:
    • "Does your father have an electric beard groomer we could borrow? I have some disposable razors, but Jack wants to keep his beard. I thought we could just trim it up a bit." She wiped the smile off her face and nodded. 2015 April 15, Barbara Ellen Brink, Roadkill, Barbara Ellen Brink, →ISBN:
    • The beard turned out to be too thick for the shaver, but under the sink, he found a groomer/shaver and trimmed his beard to a respectful stubble. 2019 November 15, T. Vincent Beck, Wading Out, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
    • I wasn't really thinking about how nasty my pubes are, or whether this means that I should start trimming my pubes, […] Then my next thought was, "I wonder how many calories my pubes have?" […] Instead [of finding out], I use a groomer and trim the area. 2012 March 1, Tucker Max, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, Citadel, →ISBN:
  6. One who cleans the inside of an airplane between flights.
    • In a letter to Harrison, Kief described the job definition and pay scale of "groomers" versus other employees. 2009, Liesl Miller Orenic, On the Ground: Labor Struggle in the American Airline Industry:
    • On board, groomers, commissary, and flight attendants work diligently. 2007, Doug Morris, From the Flight Deck: Plane Talk and Sky Science, page 77:
  7. (slang) A piste serviced by snow groomers.
  8. (colloquial) One who attempts to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually.
    • There are also those, such as the court reporter Chris Klomp, who have argued that he is not the “sex monster” or “groomer” he has been made out to be in some English-language media. 2024 July 30, Renate van der Zee, “Why the Netherlands seems unfazed by sending a convicted child rapist to the Olympics”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • The former Newcastle United coaching assistant George Ormond was a "wicked" groomer and manipulator who sexually abused young boys dreaming of becoming professional footballers, the jury at his trial has been told. 2018 June 25, David Conn, “George Ormond was 'classic groomer and manipulator', jury told”, in The Guardian:
    • But later, at a separate meeting, I encountered Suju, the wife of another jailed groomer. She was afraid of him but she, too, thinks white girls are: 'Filthy. How they dress. They have no shame, no fear of Allah.' 2017 September 30, Yasmin Alibhai-brown, “Wives of Muslim men jailed for rape reveal why they blame the victims”, in Mail Online:
    • Police called Douglas Lindsell, 64, of Twickenham, "the most prolific internet groomer ever caught" and said his conversations with the girls were "overtly sexual in nature". 2003 October 9, Sarah Left, “Internet 'groomer' gets five-year sentence”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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groomers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

groomery · snow groomer · cybergroomer · groomerish

Relateds

pedophile

Synonyms

groom

Translations (18)

fr pédé (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor) · de Jugendverführer (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor) · es almohazante (person who grooms animals) · ru педера́ст (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor) · sh pedèrast (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor) · es acicalante (person who grooms animals) · de Jugendverderber (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor) · es acicalador (person who grooms animals) · sh педѐраст (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor) · de Hundefriseur (person who grooms animals) · mk педера́ст (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor) · de Hundefrisör (person who grooms animals) · es caballerango (person who grooms animals) · eo pederasto (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor) · io pederasto (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor) · fr PD (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor) · es almohazador (person who grooms animals) · vi pê-đê (one who attempts to gain the trust of a minor)