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groomer

groomer

4.8
A person who trains someone for a new job or position
  • noun
  • /ˈɡruːmər/
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  • As a professional groomer, she prepares candidates for important leadership roles.

Examples

  • He worked as a groomer for several years, helping to develop new leaders in the community.

  • The groomer skillfully trained the young athlete to excel in his sport.

  • I will be your royal groomer.

    Coming 2 America (2021)

  • Well, in that case, we're groomers as well, right, Aren't we?

  • He could've told me about this groomer.

    Coming 2 America (2021)

  • We met on the Ramona and Beezus press to where I was her quote UN quote, groomer at the time.

  • Prince lavelle junson was seen fleeing with the royal groomer.

    Coming 2 America (2021)

  • Knowing that a slave sale depended on a slave's appearance, Archy, an ambitious and very fine groomer at the time, would go down to the pier at night, sneak aboard the anchored slave ship, go to the galley, and steal all the flour he could carry.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

trainer
vsgroomer
201 1.3

A person who teaches skills, for example in sports or with animals

prepares and develops someone for a specific role or responsibility

Compounds

dog groomer
2 2.1

A person who washes, cuts, and styles dogs' fur

How Preparatory

trainer
201 1.3
groomer
4.8
coach
∞ 1.0
mentor
245 2.7
advisor
  • US
271 2.8
observer
305 2.8

Surface Forms

groomer singular
groomers plural

Morphology

groomer = groom (transparent) = groom + er

Standard agentive '-er' applied to the verb 'groom' meaning 'to prepare/train', producing 'one who prepares or trains'.

Etymology

Groomer comes from the verb groom, which means 'to prepare' or 'to train'. So a groomer can be someone who helps another person get ready for a job, position, or responsibility.