child groom

noun

A very young groom (male who is to be married).

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Meanings

nounchild groom (plural child grooms)

plural child grooms

  1. A very young groom (male who is to be married).

    In the UK, parliaments for children, satirical culture for youngsters, training for teenage fathers, support for suicidal preteens, and refuges for child grooms are all developments which betray a newly recognized maturity and agency in children […]

    2011, J. Marshall Beier, The Militarization of Childhood, page 89

Origin

Compound of child + groom.

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Translations

Danish barnegom
  • barnegomvery young groom
Cite this entry
APA

child groom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20groom

MLA

“child groom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20groom. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “child groom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20groom.

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