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One with a stable career?
Answer for the clue "One with a stable career? ", 5 letters:
groom
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, grome "male child, boy;" c.1300 as "youth, young man." No known cognates in other Germanic languages. Perhaps from Old English *groma , related to growan "grow;" or from Old French grommet "servant" (compare Middle English gromet "ship's boy," early ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB well ▪ On the other hand heads have every right to expect staff to be well groomed and reasonably dressed at work. ▪ All had their manes shorn short but their tails were long, though well groomed . ▪ His thick grey ...
Usage examples of groom.
Flewelling dragged Alec off to a nearby bathhouse, then back to their room to put the final touches on his grooming.
Still dubious, Alec followed her to the stables behind the main building where a groom saddled a spirited horse for him.
Charles had been a coachman or a groom, Asey bet, as he ducked behind a clump of bushes and watched the bow - legged little man inarch over to the roadster and play the beam of his flashlight around it, and then over the contents of the seat.
Lord Jaufre and his party of grooms, austringers, and spaniels just outside the village, Melyssan saw that even the earl had exchanged his formidable black stallion for a quiet roan gelding.
The others maintained an unhurried canter to allow the grooms, who were on foot leading the hounds, and the austringers, who were carrying the smaller hawks on their square frames, to keep pace with them.
He directed the cavalcade of cars and large autobuses while birds chirped merrily in the trees on that sunny afternoon, but the birdsong was the only merriment as perfectly groomed men and women in muted mourning colors filed past him for the funeral of Madam C.
To stimulate the knights to greater efforts by a view of the promised prize, the emperor bade a groom lead forth the renowned steed.
The groom on the box was still clasping the blunderbuss, and staring fascinated at the tumbled figure in the road.
This was followed by a cheer, for it was the signal to escort the groom to his bridal tent where, presumably, the bride waited in perfumed, bejeweled splendor.
Edward bearing his lance and buckler, he appeared a somber figure among the resplendently caparisoned knights and the gorgeously dressed women that were gathered in the great court awaiting the word to mount their horses which were being held in the north ballium by the grooms.
As he came from his quarters upon the opening morning of the tourney, followed by Edward bearing his lance and buckler, he appeared a somber figure among the resplendently caparisoned knights and the gorgeously dressed women that were gathered in the great court awaiting the word to mount their horses which were being held in the north ballium by the grooms.
Isabella and two for Joanna, a staff of esquires, clerks of pantry and butlery, chief cook, valets of larder and kitchen, valets de chambre, water- carriers, candle-bearers, porters, grooms, and other attendants.
My first impression of Caz de Floon was businessman, well groomed, hands that he used constantly while speaking.
Essus raised you as if he was grooming you to rule the courts, yet he knew that Cel was heir, and not you.
He was groomed from cubhood to take over for one of his parents, according to his talents and interests, but something went wrong when he was a tweener.