groom-porter

noun

An officer in the English royal household who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.

Meanings

noungroom-porter (plural groom-porters)

plural groom-porters

  1. historicalAn officer in the English royal household who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.
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