A groom (short for bridegroom) is a male participant in a wedding ceremony.

Groom or grooming may also refer to:

Occupations

  • Groom (profession), a person responsible for the feeding and care of horses
  • One of the competitors in combined driving is called a groom

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

People

  • Groom (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)

Insult

  • Groomer and OK groomer as an insult

Film and television

  • The Groom, a 2016 Russian comedy film
  • Groomed (film), a 2021 American documentary film
  • Groomed (TV series), a Canadian reality show

Grooming

Abuse

  • Sexual grooming, using non-violent means to normalize sexual abuse

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

Recruitment or indoctrination

  • Sex trafficking, using the "loverboy method" to recruit victims into prostitution
  • Grooming gangs scandal, events also called localised grooming or on-site grooming in the UK
  • Online youth radicalization, or grooming (recruiting) youth to join gangs or enact terrorism
  • Acquired homosexuality, accusations of LGBTQ people grooming (recruiting) members
  • LGBTQ grooming conspiracy theory, homophobic and transphobic conspiracy theory

Technology

  • Traffic grooming, a technical activity in telecommunications

See also

  • Bridegroom (disambiguation)
  • Grom (disambiguation)
  • Operant conditioning