Definition of Groom-to-be

1. Noun. A man who is engaged to be married.

Exact synonyms: Fiance
Generic synonyms: Betrothed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Groom-to-be

grommeting
grommets
groms
gromwells
grone
groned
grones
groning
groof
groofs
groolier
grooliest
grooly
groom-to-be (current term)
groomed
groomee
groomees
groomer
groomers
groomings
grooms
groomsman
groomsmen
groomzilla
groop
grooper
groopers

Literary usage of Groom-to-be

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horse, in the Stable and the Field: His Varieties, Management in Health by John Henry Walsh (1888)
"... three months are required to remove the disfigurement which is sometimes caused in this way,"and consequently it behoves the groom to be doubly careful, ..."

2. Horses & Stables by Frederic Wellington Fitzwygram (1911)
"Not only ought the groom to be able to do it within these periods, but the master ought to insist that he does it thoroughly in that time. ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas, and by Peregrine Bingham, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1825)
"Is the declaration of a groom to be admitted ? of a steward ? of a chambermaid ? of a nurse ? may it be admitted if made a week after they have joined the ..."

4. Select Cases on the Law of Evidence by John Henry Wigmore (1913)
"Is the declaration of a groom to be admitted? of a steward? of a chambermaid? of a nurse? may it be admitted if made a week after they have joined the ..."

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