English: occupational name for a servant or a shepherd from Middle English grōm(e) ‘boy servant’ (of uncertain origin) which in some places was specialized to mean ‘shepherd’.
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What is the origin of the name Groom?
English: occupational name for a servant or a shepherd from Middle English grōm(e) ‘boy servant’ (of uncertain origin) which in some places was specialized to mean ‘shepherd’.