chamberlain

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Royaume-Uni/[ˈt͡ʃʰeɪ̯mbəlɪn]/
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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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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
obsolèteAn upper servant of an inn.

Étymologie

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.

Formes

pluriel: chamberlains

challenging · Difficult, hard to do.chamber · A room or set of rooms The private room of an individual,…Chamber · A surname.

chamberlain · A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in…

Chamberlain · A surname.chambers · Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is…Chambers · A surname.

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