groom as

groom someone as something

to prepare someone for a job or position. He was grooming his son as his successor. They groomed Charles as the next treasurer.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hank	HANGK	English
MargarÉTa	MAWR-gaw-ray-taw	Hungarian
Glanville	GLAN-vil	English (Rare)
Elyzabeth	i-LIZ-ə-bəth	English (Rare)
KerİMe	-	Turkish
Althea	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)