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chamberlain

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[ cheym-ber-lin ]

noun

  1. an official charged with the management of the living quarters of a sovereign or member of the nobility.
  2. an official who receives rents and revenues, as of a municipal corporation; treasurer.
  3. the high steward or factor of a member of the nobility.
  4. a high official of a royal court.


Chamberlain

2

[ cheym-ber-lin ]

noun

  1. (Arthur) Neville, 1869鈥1940, British statesman: prime minister 1937鈥40.
  2. Joseph, 1836鈥1914, British statesman (father of Sir Austen and Neville Chamberlain).
  3. Sir (Joseph) Austen, 1863鈥1937, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1925.
  4. Owen, 1920鈥2006, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1959.
  5. Wilt(on Norman) Wilt the Stilt, 1936鈥1999, U.S. basketball player.

chamberlain

1

/ 藞迟蕛别瑟尘产蓹濒瑟苍 /

noun

  1. an officer who manages the household of a king
  2. the steward of a nobleman or landowner
  3. the treasurer of a municipal corporation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Chamberlain

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/ 藞迟蕛别瑟尘产蓹濒瑟苍 /

noun

  1. ChamberlainSir (Joseph) Austen18631937MBritishPOLITICS: statesman Sir ( Joseph ) Austen. 1863鈥1937, British Conservative statesman; foreign secretary (1924鈥29); awarded a Nobel peace prize for his negotiation of the Locarno Pact (1925)
  2. ChamberlainJoseph18361914MBritishPOLITICS: statesman his father, Joseph. 1836鈥1914, British statesman; originally a Liberal, he resigned in 1886 over Home Rule for Ireland and became leader of the Liberal Unionists; a leading advocate of preferential trading agreements with members of the British Empire
  3. Chamberlain(Arthur) Neville18691940MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister his son, ( Arthur ) Neville. 1869鈥1940, British Conservative statesman; prime minister (1937鈥40): pursued a policy of appeasement towards Germany; following the German invasion of Poland, he declared war on Germany on Sept 3, 1939
  4. ChamberlainOwen19202006MUSSCIENCE: physicist Owen. 1920鈥2006, US physicist, who discovered the antiproton. Nobel prize for physics jointly with Emilio Segr茅 1959
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠丑补尘产别谤濒补颈苍藢蝉丑颈辫, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍顎卍别谤路肠丑补尘顎僢别谤路濒补颈苍 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of chamberlain1

1175鈥1225; Middle English < Old French, variant of chamberlenc < Frankish *kamerling, equivalent to kamer (< Latin camera room; chamber ) + -ling -ling 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of chamberlain1

C13: from Old French chamberlayn, of Frankish origin; related to Old High German chamarling chamberlain, Latin camera chamber
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After the death of a reigning pope, the person in charge of ordinary affairs at the Vatican until the election of a new pope is the camerlengo, or chamberlain.

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The lord chamberlain broke his wand of office and placed it onto the coffin, a symbol of the end of his service, to be buried with the sovereign.

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Rather than handing her children over to court chamberlains to raise, she cared for them herself.

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So the king called in the lord high chamberlain, the royal wizard and the royal mathematician.

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He signed the Freedom declaration with a wave of the pen and thanked the chamberlain for being given the 鈥淩ules for the Conduct of Life鈥 which date from the mid-18th century.

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