herdgroom en · NOUN
Etymology
From herd + groom.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A herdsman.
To whom they aunswer'd, as did appertaine, / That they were poore heardgroomes […].
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| herdgrooms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |