chamberlain

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəlɪn/
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/ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəlɪn/ · /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚlɪn/

Definition of chamberlain

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
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noun

  1. A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
  2. A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
  3. (obsolete)An upper servant of an inn.

name

  1. A surname.
    “Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called a “faggot” by classmates) killed himself by jumping off a bridge, James Chamberlain wrote a letter to the editor of a small newspaper called the Peace Arch News.”
    “Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War II.”
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  3. (uncountable)A township in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada.
  4. (uncountable)A village in the Rural Municipality of Sarnia No. 221, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. (uncountable)A city, the county seat of Brule County, South Dakota, United States.
  6. (uncountable)A village in Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay.

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Etymology

From Middle English chamberlein, chaumberlein, chaumberleyn, from Anglo-Norman chamberlenc, Old French chamberlayn, chamberlenc (“chamberlain”), from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”), equivalent to *kamer (“chamber”) + *-ling (“-ling”). Cognate with Old High German chamarling (“chamberlain”). Compare also Late Latin camerārius and comrade. More at chamber, -ling.

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