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chambermaid

English

Etymology

From chamber +? maid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t?e?m.b?(?).me?d/

Noun

chambermaid (plural chambermaids)

  1. A maid who handles the chores in a bedroom.

Related terms

  • see chamber

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chamberlain

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

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