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Definition of Chamberlain

1. Noun. British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940).

2. Noun. The treasurer of a municipal corporation.

3. Noun. An officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman.

Definition of Chamberlain

1. n. An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.

Definition of Chamberlain

1. Noun. An officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark. ¹

2. Noun. A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chamberlain

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamberlain

chamber ensemble chamber ensembles chamber music chamber of commerce chamber orchestra chamber orchestras chamber organ chamber pot chamber pots chambered

chambered nautilus chamberer chamberers chambering chamberings chamberlain (current term) chamberlains chamberlainship chamberlainships chamberlike

chambermaid chambermaids chamberpot chamberpots chambers of commerce chambersite chambira chambranle chambranles

Literary usage of Chamberlain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"1141), great chamberlain, was son and successor of Aubrey (Albericus) de Vere ... He is found at Stephen's court, as chamberlain early in 1136 (Geoffrey /ir ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"MR chamberlain AND THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY. WE shall scarcely be accused of sympathy with Mr chamberlain or his opinions, when we express regret that during ..."

3. Review of Reviews by Albert Shaw (1897)
"But Mr. chamberlain is more than the commercial traveler, and if he could be a little ... On some sides of his character Mr. chamberlain is very defective. ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"That chamberlain, immediately after the execution of said lease, entered into possession under it. That on the 3d day of October, 1857, one New- comb ..."

5. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"So (ad hrlp me, and Lord Great chamberlain ; and the Spurs again The ... which the Lord Great chamberlain shall before sei- prepared. ..."

6. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1898)
"BY GEORGE W. chamberlain. Bead before the Maine Historical Society, March,,. ... His grandfather, Thomas chamberlain of Chelmsford, who was both senior and ..."

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