groomdom
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groomdom (uncountable)
- The state, quality, or condition of being a groom; groomhood.
- 1880, Caroline Alicia De Fonblanque, Five weeks in Iceland:
- We imagined that this was a ruse on his part, for his neck loved the yoke of groomdom.
- Grooms collectively.
- 1984, Martin Bulmer, Sociological Research Methods:
- The small cadre of confirmed bachelors is excluded from the sample universe, and depending upon the dates of the records studied there can be an interaction between history and groomdom.