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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.
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n. (obsolete form of chamberlain English)
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The Chamberlin is an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument that was a precursor to the Mellotron. It was developed and patented by Wisconsin inventor Harry Chamberlin from 1949 to 1956, when the first model was introduced. Various models and versions of these Chamberlin music instruments exist. While most are keyboard-based instruments, there were also early drum machines produced and sold. Some of these drums patterns feature Harry Chamberlin's son Richard on them.
Chamberlin is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just past the southeastern limb. It lies to the southeast of the crater Jeans, and Moulton is attached to the southeastern rim of Chamberlin. This crater is located in a part of the lunar surface that has undergone resurfacing of crater interiors, producing dark-hued crater floors.
The outer rim of this formation is somewhat irregular in shape, with outward bulges to the east and southeast. The southern rim has partly disintegrated, and merges with the northwest rim of Moulton. The interior floor of Chamberlin has been flooded by basaltic lava, producing a nearly flat surface with a lower albedo than the typical lunar surface. The interior is otherwise devoid of features of interest, and is marked only by a few tiny craterlets.
Chamberlin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ann Chamberlin, American novelist
- Beth Chamberlin (born 1963), American television actress
- Clarence Chamberlin (1893-1976), American aviator
- Donald D. Chamberlin (born 1944), American computer scientist, co-designer of the SQL database language
- Edson Joseph Chamberlin (1852-1924), president of the Grand Trunk Railway
- Edward Chamberlin (1899-1967), American economist
- Frank Chamberlin (1978–2013), American football player
- Guy Chamberlin (1894–1967), American football player
- Harry Chamberlin (1887-1944), Olympic equestrian and US Army brigadier general
- Harry Chamberlin, inventor of the Chamberlin musical keyboard instrument
- Jan Rooney née Chamberlin, singer and widow of Mickey Rooney
- Jim Chamberlin (1915-1981), Canadian aerodynamicist who worked on the Canadian Avro Arrow, NASA's Gemini spacecraft and the Apollo program
- Jimmy Chamberlin (born 1964), American drummer of The Smashing Pumpkins
- Joseph Conrad Chamberlin (1898–1962), American arachnologist
- Kevin Chamberlin (born 1963), American actor
- Lee Chamberlin (1938–2014), American actress
- Mason Chamberlin (1727–1787), English portrait painter
- Michael Chamberlin (disambiguation)
- Paul Chamberlin (born 1962), American tennis player
- Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967), American biologist and historian
- G. Richard Chamberlin (born 1946), American politician from Georgia
- Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843–1928), American geologist
- Willard Joseph Chamberlin (1890–1971), American entomologist and World War I pilot
- William Henry Chamberlin (1897–1969), American historian and journalist
- William Henry Chamberlin (philosopher) (1870-1921), Mormon philosopher and theologian
Chamberlin is an electro-mechanical musical keyboard instrument.
Chamberlin may also refer to:
- Chamberlin (surname)
- The Chamberlin, formerly known as the Chamberlin Hotel
- Chamberlin (lunar crater)
- Chamberlin (Martian crater)
- Chamberlin Observatory
- Chamberlin trimetric projection
- Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Company
Chamberlin is an American Folk-Rock band from Vermont. The band is currently on Roll Call/EMI Records.
Usage examples of "chamberlin".
For the last twelve years I've traveled about the United States and I've learned a few things,” remarked Jim Chamberlin, structural engineer and my closest friend and co-worker.
When I took my job with the Swenson Steel & Construction Company, I teamed with Chamberlin to sell bridges at $650,000 and up.
Among the many that have been proposed the most elaborate is the ``Planetesimal Hypothesis'' of Professors Chamberlin and Moulton.
Von Karman, Du Toit, Schmidt, Agassiz, Heaviside, Bianchini, Lau, Chamberlin, Stoney, Dokuchaev, Trumpler, Keeler, Charlier, Suess .
Von Karman, Du Toit, Schmidt, Agassiz, Heaviside, Bianchini, Lau, Chamberlin, Stoney, Dokuchaev, Trumpler, Keeler, Charlier, Suess.
Through this same portal, within these very marble halls, had Gray and Chamberlin and Kitchener and Shaw, perhaps, come and gone with the other great ones of the past.