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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chamberlain \Cham"ber*lain\, n. [OF. chamberlain, chambrelencF. chambellon, OHG. chamerling, chamarlinc, G. k["a]mmerling, kammer chamber (fr. L. camera) + -ling. See Chamber, and -ling.] [Formerly written chamberlin.]
An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.
An upper servant of an inn. [Obs.]
An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court.
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A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc.
The lord chamberlain of England, an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers. His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal housekeeping.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 13c., from Old French chamberlenc "chamberlain, steward, treasurer" (Modern French chambellan), from a Germanic source (perhaps Frankish *kamerling; compare Old High German chamarling, German Kämmerling), from Latin camera "chamber, room" (see camera) + Germanic diminutive suffix -ling.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign, 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 (context obsolete English) An upper servant of an inn.
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Wikipedia
Chamberlain may refer to:
- Chamberlain (office), the officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign or other noble figure
Chamberlain is an indie rock band from Indianapolis & Bloomington, Indiana, previously having been known as Split Lip, they changed their name and their general sound away from post-hardcore punk in 1996.
Chamberlain is the surname of:
- Alec Chamberlain (born 1964), English football player
- Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1865–1914), Canadian anthropologist
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1993), English Football player
- Ardwight Chamberlain (born 1957), voice actor
- Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937), British politician, Nobel Peace Prize winner, son of Joseph Chamberlain
- Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850–1935), British Japanologist and poet
- Betsey Guppy Chamberlain (c. 1797–1886), textile mill worker of Native American background who wrote sketches and poetry in the early 19th century
- Brenda Chamberlain (born 1952), Canadian politician
- Brenda Chamberlain (artist) (1912–1971), Welsh artist and poet
- Bob Chamberlain, Australian founder of Chamberlain Tractor now part of Chamberlain John Deere
- Calvin T. Chamberlain (1795–1878), New York politician
- Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1863–1943), American botanist
- Corinna Chamberlain, as also as Chan Ming-yan, Hong Kong-based Sinophone singer and actress with Australia-New Zealand ancestry.
- Cyril Chamberlain (1909–1974), British actor
- Daniel Henry Chamberlain (1835–1907), American politician
- Daniel R. Chamberlain, former president of Houghton College
- David Chamberlain (born 1975), American cross-country skier
- Dean Chamberlain, American photographer
- Edward Chamberlain (disambiguation), multiple people
- George Earle Chamberlain (1854–1928), American politician
- Helen Chamberlain (born 1967), British television host
- Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet (1773–1829), British diplomat
- Henry Chamberlain (politician) (died 1888), New Zealand politician
- Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855–1927), British author noted for his works concerning the Aryan race
- Ice Box Chamberlain (1867–1929), American baseball player
- Jay Chamberlain (1925–2001), American race car driver
- Jerry Chamberlain (born 1952), American singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer
- Joba Chamberlain (born 1985), a pitcher on the New York Yankees
- John Chamberlain (letter writer) (1553–1628)
- John Angus Chamberlain (born 1927), American sculptor
- John Curtis Chamberlain (1772–1834), US politician
- John Henry Chamberlain (1831–1883), English architect
- John Loomis Chamberlain (1858–1948), American army officer, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal
- John Marvin Chamberlain (1844–1928), English composer
- John Rensselaer Chamberlain (1903–1995), American journalist and editor
- Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914), British politician
- Joshua Chamberlain (1828–1914), college professor, officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and Governor of Maine
- Lindy Chamberlain (born 1948) and Michael Chamberlain (born 1944), whose infant daughter Azaria disappeared in the Dingo Baby case
- Marise Chamberlain (born 1935), New Zealand middle-distance runner
- Matt Chamberlain (born 1967), American drummer
- Mellen Chamberlain (1821–1900), American lawyer, historian and librarian
- Montague Chamberlain (1844–1924), Canadian-American naturalist, founder of the American Ornithologists' Union
- Nathan Henry Chamberlain (1830–1901), American clergyman
- Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), British Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940, son of Joseph Chamberlain
- Neville Bowles Chamberlain (1820–1902), British Field Marshal
- Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain (1856–1944), British Army officer and Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary
- Neville Patrick Chamberlain (born 1960), English footballer
- Owen Chamberlain (1920–2006), Nobel Prize–winning American physicist and co-discoverer of the anti-proton
- Richard Chamberlain (actor) (born 1935), American actor who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare
- Richard Chamberlain (politician) (c. 1840–1899), British politician
- Samuel Chamberlain (1829–1908), American soldier, painter and artist
- Samuel Selwyn Chamberlain (1851–1916), American journalist
- Siobhan Chamberlain (born 1983), English football goalkeeper
- Spencer Chamberlain (born 1983), American vocalist for the band Underoath
- Thomas Crowder Chamberlain (1843–1928), American geologist
- Vicente Cuadra Chamberlain (1919–2000), Nicaraguan advertising executive
- Warren D. Chamberlain, American politician
- William Charles Chamberlain (1818–1878), British Rear Admiral
- William H. Chamberlain (1931–1972), American politician from Illinois
- Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), American basketball player
A chamberlain is an officer in charge of managing a household. In many countries there are ceremonial posts associated with the household of the sovereign.
Usage examples of "chamberlain".
Considered the rising star in the academic community, Chamberlain accepts a prestigious Chair at Bowdoin, formerly held by the renowned Calvin Stowe, husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Chamberlain having asked the Cape Government, whether, in the event of war resulting, it would pay half the cost, and undertake the transport of the troops by the railways, the proposal was accepted by an Afrikander minister!
Reichstag fire, the Roehm Blood Purge, the Anschluss with Austria, the surrender of Chamberlain at Munich, the occupation of Czechoslovakia, the attacks on Poland, Scandinavia, the West, the Balkans and Russia, the horrors of the Nazi occupation and of the concentration camps and the liquidation of the Jews.
They were almost ready for the performance, everything in place except the final blessings of the chamberlains and their magists, and Eslingen paused at the center of the backpiece, peering out through the single narrow slit in the stiff canvas.
Poland a chamberlain has the rank of adjutant-general, and the marquis calls himself general.
Camera, the which were paid me by Messer Carlino, chamberlain, and Messer Carlo degli Albizzi, on account of the painting of the vault of the Chapel of Pope Sisto, on which I begin to work this day, under the conditions and contracts set forth in a document written by his Most Reverend Lordship of Pavia, and signed by my hand.
Eden, whose Czech sympathies were known, the British Government, early in 1940, officially recognized the Czechoslovakian committee and Chamberlain made a statement recommending that Czechoslovakia be reconstructed.
Hephaistion was ready to face the day, Eumenes had his chamberlain bring forward the muster rolls and conduct sheets.
Chamberlain, while they cleaned the bones from the Pigeons Fricando and sipped at a Calcevella.
For some time now he had felt himself reinforced in his judgment that Prime Minister Chamberlain would sacrifice the Czechs rather than go to war and that, in such a case, France would not fulfill her treaty obligations to Prague.
Moreover, he was himself both wealthy and generous, and he brought with him a huge and motley host of barbarians, Huns, Lombards, Gepids, Herulians, all eager to serve under the free-handed Chamberlain, and to be enriched by him with the spoil of Italy.
He nodded to the chamberlain, who had followed him and stood to the right of the chair, roughly the same distance from Ghrant as were Hagen and Kharl.
The Umbeyla Expedition of 1863 under Sir Neville Chamberlain was occasioned by the Bunerwals siding with the Hindostani Fanatics, who had settled down at Malka in their territory.
Chamberlain or, in another way, Lord Rosebery, care only for votes or for material interest, then again they are talking nonsense--these men care for ideals like all other men.
Chamberlain could see the rebel lines moving closer, and now there was a solid line of gray smoke and the sound of the volley.