different between chamberlain vs spencer

English

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”). More at chamber, -ling.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??e?mb?l?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??e?mb?l?n/
• Hyphenation: cham?ber?lain

Noun

chamberlain (plural chamberlains)

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.

Derived terms

• archchamberlain
• chamberlainship
• underchamberlain

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp?ns?/
• Rhymes: -?ns?(r)

Etymology 1

From the family name Spencer. The jacket is probably named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).

Noun

spencer (plural spencers)

1. (historical) A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.
2. (historical) A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century.
3. (historical) A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth.
   • 1933, Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, Penguin 2005, p. 34:

     I am seized with an angry resentment against the conventions of twenty years ago, which wrapped up my comely adolescent body in woollen combinations, black cashmere stockings, “liberty” bodice, dark stockinette knickers, flannel petticoat and often, in addition, a long-sleeved, high-necked, knitted woollen “spencer”.

4. A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.

Etymology 2

From Middle English spenser, spensere, from Anglo-Norman despenser or Old French espensier, from Latin disp?ns?re (“to dispense, distribute; to manage”). Equivalent to spence (“buttery”) +? -er.

Noun

spencer (plural spencers)

1. (archaic) One who works in a spence or buttery.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Promptorium Parvulorum to this entry?)

French

Etymology

From English spencer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?n.s??/

Noun

spencer m (plural spencers)

1. spencer (garment)

Further reading

• “spencer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From English spencer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?n.t?s?r/

Noun

spencer m inan

1. spencer (garment)

Declension

Further reading

• spencer in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• spencer in Polish dictionaries at PWN