Boy and Groom

Boy

Boy noun - A male romantic companion.

Usage example: their teenaged daughter has a new boy, and she's just crazy about him

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Groom and boy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Groom" instead a noun "Boy".

Nearby Words: boyish, boyhood, boyishness

Groom noun - Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.

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Boy and groom are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boy" instead a noun "Groom".

Nearby Words: groomed, grooming, groomsman

human	human boy	human groom
normal	normal boy	normal groom
short	short boy	short groom
original	original boy	original groom
Other adjectives: dead, poor, black, young, white, new, angry, titular, different.

The groom's Sikh parents try to break his engagement because the bride's younger sister has joined a women's football team and has been seen hugging a 'boy' in public (the 'boy' is Keira Knightley).

Source: Parental Marriage Veto
Amusingly, the original promise was Hazumu promising to be Tomari's bride, which received an angry response from Tormari that as a boy, he'd have to be the groom.

Source: Childhood Marriage Promise
However, she is still stymied by the boy's club in Washington, and decides to groom her son for the Presidency.

Source: Lady Macbeth

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