单词 | under-chamberlain |
释义 | under-chamberlainn. (under- prefix1 3a(a).) ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > servant of bedchamber > inferior under-chamberlaina1400 society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property > subordinate under-steward1472 under-chamberlain1607 a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 246 She clepeþ to hir ane sweyn, Þat is hire vnder chaumberleyn. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Zzz1v/1 Vnder-chamberlaine of the Exchequer cleaueth the taileys written by the Clerke of the Taileys, and readeth the same. 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 44 The two Vnder-Chamberlaines bee both the Chamberlaines Deputies for the Recept. 1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at Chamberlain There are also Under Chamberlains of the Exchequer, who make Searches for all Records in the Treasury. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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