groomer

Etymology

From groom + -er.

noun

1. A person who grooms animals.
   Does he or she have any certifications or accreditations as a dog groomer? Are there any breeds or types of dogs he or she specializes in? 2011, John Davies, How to Take Care of a Dog, page 34
2. A brush used to groom horses.
3. An animal that grooms another (the groomee).
4. A tool used to trim a person's hair.
   Later, his face close to the mirror, he ran the electric groomer he'd found beside the sink over his beard until it was cropped close, and then with a razor and milled soap he shaved it into the semblance of a style he remembered. 2007-12-26, Jack Henderson, Circumference of Darkness, Bantam, page 402
   Instead, she retrieved an electric men's all-in-one groomer from the bag of supplies from the drugstore and proceeded to give him a military buzz cut. 2009-01-01, Linda Turner, Bounty Hunter's Woman, Silhouette, page 67
   I wasn't really thinking about how nasty my pubes are, or whether this means that I should start trimming my pubes, […] Then my next thought was, "I wonder how many calories my pubes have?" […] Instead [of finding out], I use a groomer and trim the area. 2012-03-01, Tucker Max, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, Citadel
   "Does your father have an electric beard groomer we could borrow? I have some disposable razors, but Jack wants to keep his beard. I thought we could just trim it up a bit." She wiped the smile off her face and nodded. 2015-04-15, Barbara Ellen Brink, Roadkill, Barbara Ellen Brink
   The beard turned out to be too thick for the shaver, but under the sink, he found a groomer/shaver and trimmed his beard to a respectful stubble. 2019-11-15, T. Vincent Beck, Wading Out, Lulu Press, Inc
5. A person employed to clean the inside of an airplane between flights.
   On board, groomers, commissary, and flight attendants work diligently. 2007, Doug Morris, From the Flight Deck: Plane Talk and Sky Science, page 77
   In a letter to Harrison, Kief described the job definition and pay scale of "groomers" versus other employees. 2009, Liesl Miller Orenic, On the Ground: Labor Struggle in the American Airline Industry
6. (uncommon) A person who cares for their personal appearance and hygiene (grooming).
   I wonder what her pubic hair looks like. Perfectly manicured? A strip. She seems like a groomer. I down the glass as if it's a shot. The wine floats through my chest, warming me. Must stop imagining Kimmy's pubic hair. Brown pubic hair. 2012-06-15, Sarah Mlynowski, Monkey Business, Harlequin
   Now even though I am the quickest groomer/pooper in the family, I'm the one who spends the most time in the bathroom. Why? Because apparently I am the only one who notices the dried shit, snot, toothpaste, pubic hair, dog hair,[…] 2013-04-02, Nicole Knepper, Moms Who Drink and Swear: True Tales of Loving My Kids While Losing My Mind, Penguin
   "Actually just thinking about how good that beard looks on you. What made you decide to keep it after the play-offs?" "Lazy groomer, I guess," he says before taking another bite of his sandwich. 2016-03-15, Sawyer Bennett, Hawke: A Cold Fury Hockey Novel, Loveswept
   One of the patients he had seen was a pubic groomer, so there was scant hair in the man's groin. Tae-Wol had witnessed lice furiously scrambling, trying to cling to this patient's stubbly pubic growth. 2021-02-02, Ina Park, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs, Flatiron Books
7. (colloquial) One who grooms, or attempts to gain the trust of a minor etc. in order to exploit them.
   Police called Douglas Lindsell, 64, of Twickenham, "the most prolific internet groomer ever caught" and said his conversations with the girls were "overtly sexual in nature". 2003-10-09, Sarah Left, “Internet 'groomer' gets five-year sentence”, in The Guardian
   But later, at a separate meeting, I encountered Suju, the wife of another jailed groomer. She was afraid of him but she, too, thinks white girls are: 'Filthy. How they dress. They have no shame, no fear of Allah.' 2017-09-30, Yasmin Alibhai-brown, “Wives of Muslim men jailed for rape reveal why they blame the victims”, in Mail Online
   The former Newcastle United coaching assistant George Ormond was a "wicked" groomer and manipulator who sexually abused young boys dreaming of becoming professional footballers, the jury at his trial has been told. 2018-06-25, David Conn, “George Ormond was 'classic groomer and manipulator', jury told”, in The Guardian
8. (derogatory, offensive, right-wing usage) An LGBT person or drag queen who exists near children, or any other person who makes children aware of LGBT people or drag, from the perspective of people who consider this to be sexual.
   Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia declared that "communist groomers" wanted to "allow a for-profit medical industry to chop off these confused children's genitals." 2022-12-10, Maggie Astor, “Transgender Americans Feel Under Siege as Political Vitriol Rises”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2022-12-26
   "Sooo...the groomers are calling anti-groomers 'dragphobes' now... got it," conservative comedian Tim Young posted. 2022-12-16, Andrew Mark Miller, “LGBT group warns 'dragphobia' is on the rise, conservatives blast post on Twitter”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 2022-12-22
   In December, far right groups including the Patriot Front and Proud Boys contributed to the cancellation of an Ohio drag storytime event. Many demonstrators showed up armed, while others held up signs with slogans like: "Groomers not welcome" and "Groomers are Child Abusers." 2022-12-21, Andrew Davis, “Drag queens take on Tennessee bill seeking to restrict their performances”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 2022-12-26
   "It seems to be essentially a sort of pedophilic, predatory farm system that the groomers have set up," Walsh said. 2022-12-21, Anya Zoledziowski, “How 2022 Became the Year Trans Hate Went Mainstream”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2022-12-27
   After his takeover, use of the N-word increased by 202 percent; the use of homophobic, misogynist, and transphobic slurs went up at double-digit rates; the use of the slur groomer has increased exponentially.] [2022-12-23, Annie Lowrey, “Why Is Elon Musk Lighting Billions of Dollars on Fire?”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 2022-12-26
   By the way, the buried lede of this is that 60 percent of this school board is LGBT, is gay. The question is, do Christians run for school boards as much as the LGBT community does? No. As I said yesterday, which is groomers can't reproduce, so instead they recruit. So, they go serve on school boards. And they go do drag queens. And they do all this other sort of disgusting nauseating stuff. 3 Mar 2023, Charlie Kirk, quotee, “Charlie Kirk: "Groomers can't reproduce, so instead they recruit. They go serve on school boards."”, in Media Matters, archived from the original on 2023-03-04
9. (skiing, slang) A piste serviced by snow groomers.