Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

groom-in-waiting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: groom-in-wait-ing
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The holder of a post in the royal household of the United Kingdom (or in earlier times one of several simultaneous holders), serving as an attendant on the monarch's person.

Inflected Forms

grooms-in-waiting (plural)

Questions

What does groom-in-waiting mean?: The holder of a post in the royal household of the United Kingdom (or in earlier times one of several simultaneous holders), serving as an attendant on the monarch's person.

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