"chamberlain" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚlɪn/ [General-American], /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəlɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chamberlain.wav Forms: chamberlains [plural]
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. More at chamber, -ling. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chamberlein}} Middle English chamberlein, {{der|en|xno|chamberlenc}} Anglo-Norman chamberlenc, {{der|en|fro|chamberlayn}} Old French chamberlayn, {{der|en|frk|*kamarling||chamberlain}} Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”), {{cog|goh|chamarling||chamberlain}} Old High German chamarling (“chamberlain”), {{ncog|LL.|camerārius}} Late Latin camerārius Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign): πρόκοιτος (prókoitos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 侍從 (english: imperial China) (Chinese Mandarin), 侍从 (shìcóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 管家 (guǎnjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 內臣 (Chinese Mandarin), 内臣 (nèichén) (Chinese Mandarin), kammerherre (Danish), kamerheer [masculine] (Dutch), ĉambelano (Esperanto), kamariherra (Finnish), kamreeri (Finnish), kirstunvartija (Finnish), chambellan [masculine] (French), Kammerherr [masculine] (German), Kämmerer [masculine] (German), ciambellano [masculine] (Italian), camerlengo [masculine] (Italian), チェンバレン (chenbaren) (Japanese), 侍従 (jijū) (alt: じじゅう) (Japanese), 侍従官 (jijūkan) (alt: じじゅうかん) (Japanese), 城代 (jōdai) (alt: じょうだい) (Japanese), ко́морник (kómornik) [masculine] (Macedonian), مابینجی (mabeyinci) (Ottoman Turkish), سرایسالار (sarây-sâlâr) (Persian), szambelan [masculine] (Polish), camareiro [masculine] (Portuguese), șambelan [masculine] (Romanian), камерге́р (kamergér) [masculine] (Russian), seumarlan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cammireri [masculine] (Sicilian), cammirera [feminine] (Sicilian), chambelán [masculine] (Spanish), kammarherre [common-gender] (Swedish), kañcuki (Tocharian B), камерге́р (kamerhér) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
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  3. (obsolete) An upper servant of an inn. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-chamberlain-en-noun-0OHybgds
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: archchamberlain, chamberlainship, underchamberlain

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ]
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        "An upper servant of an inn."
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        "(obsolete) An upper servant of an inn."
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚlɪn/",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəlɪn/",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "imperial China",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "侍從"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìcóng",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "侍从"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "管家"
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      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "內臣"
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      "roman": "nèichén",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "内臣"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
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      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kamerheer"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "ĉambelano"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "kamariherra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "kamreeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Kammerherr"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Kämmerer"
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      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciambellano"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "camerlengo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chenbaren",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "チェンバレン"
    },
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      "alt": "じじゅう",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jijū",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "侍従"
    },
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      "alt": "じじゅうかん",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jijūkan",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "侍従官"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょうだい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōdai",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "城代"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kómornik",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́морник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mabeyinci",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "مابینجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sarây-sâlâr",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "سرایسالار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szambelan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "camareiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "șambelan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kamergér",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "камерге́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seumarlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cammireri"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cammirera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chambelán"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kammarherre"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "word": "kañcuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kamerhér",
      "sense": "an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "камерге́р"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "chamberlain"
  ],
  "word": "chamberlain"
}

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