A groom (short for bridegroom) is a male participant in a wedding ceremony.
Groom or grooming may also refer to:
Hygiene and cleanliness Dog grooming, the care provided for a dog's physical appearance (especially its coat and nails), or specific work done to enhance its appearance for a show Grooming (cross country skiing), preparing cross-country skiing trails Horse grooming, the daily hygienic care provided for horses, or specific work done on the horse to enhance its physical appearance for a show Male grooming, specific work done by men to enhance their physical appearance, or daily hygiene care done by men Personal grooming, or preening, in humans and other animals, a hygienic activity (caring for physical appearance) Snow grooming, the process of preparing snow for recreational uses, such as skiing Social grooming, behavior between humans and other animals who live in proximity, helping bond and reinforce social structures
Indoctrination and abuse Sexual grooming, using non-violent means to normalize sexual abuse Sex trafficking, using the "loverboy method" to recruit victims into prostitution Online youth radicalization, or grooming (recruiting) youth to join gangs or enact terrorism
Occupations Groom (profession), a person responsible for the feeding and care of horses Groom, one of the competitors in combined driving
In the English/British Royal Household Groom of the Bedchamber, later named Groom in Waiting, a junior nobleman in attendance in the King's Bedchamber Groom of the Chamber, a rank of courtier in the Tudor royal court Groom of the Great Chamber, a junior nobleman in attendance (who would customarily also serve as King's Messenger) Groom of the Privy Chamber, a junior nobleman in attendance in the Chamber Groom of the Robes Groom of the Stool, later named Groom of the Stole, the senior nobleman in attendance in the King's Bedchamber
Places Groom, Texas, a town in Carson County, Texas, United States, location of the second largest cross in the western hemisphere Division of Groom, a Commonwealth Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia Groom Lake (salt flat), a geographic feature of the United States Military Area 51 Groom Range, a mountain range in Nevada, United States
Film and television The Groom, a 2016 Russian comedy film Groomed (film), a 2021 American documentary film Groomed (TV series), a Canadian reality show
Other uses Groom (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Traffic grooming, a technical activity in telecommunications
See also Bridegroom (disambiguation) Grom (disambiguation)