groom

Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.

the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole

The needy groom, that never finger'd groat,

Would make a miracle of thus much coin …

Give the mare a quick groom before you take her out.