child groom

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compound of child +‎ groom.

Noun[edit]

child groom (plural child grooms)

  1. A very young groom (male who is to be married).
    Coordinate term: child bride
    • 2011, J. Marshall Beier, The Militarization of Childhood, page 89:
      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 […]

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