Groom of the Stool

短语

发音

UK /ˈɡɹuːm əv ðə ˈstuːl/
其它
US /ˈɡɹum əv ðə ˈstul/

词形变化

Grooms of the Stool 复数

别名

groom of the stool

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    Originally an official responsible for helping the English monarch use the toilet; later a senior official who was allowed access to the monarch's privy chamber and served as a personal secretary.

    历史 政治

    Holonym: royal household

词源

From groom (“officer of the English royal household”) + of + the + (close-)stool (“a chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box”).

来源：wiktionary