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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cham•ber•lain /ˈtʃeɪmbɚlɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an official who manages the living quarters of a noble family.
- a high official of a royal court.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cham•ber•lain (chām′bər lin),USA pronunciation n. - an official charged with the management of the living quarters of a sovereign or member of the nobility.
- Businessan official who receives rents and revenues, as of a municipal corporation;
treasurer. - the high steward or factor of a member of the nobility.
- a high official of a royal court.
- Latin camera room; see chamber) + -ling -ling1
- Frankish *kamerling, equivalent. to kamer (
- Old French, variant of chamberlenc
- Middle English 1175–1225
- Biographical (Arthur) Neville, 1869–1940, British statesman: prime minister 1937–40.
- Biographical Joseph, 1836–1914, British statesman (father of Sir Austen and Neville Chamberlain).
- Biographical Sir (Joseph) Austen, 1863–1937, British statesman: Nobel peace prize 1925.
- Biographical Owen, born 1920, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1959.
- Biographical Wilt(on Norman) ("Wilt the Stilt''), born 1936, U.S. basketball player.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chamberlain /ˈtʃeɪmbəlɪn/ n - an officer who manages the household of a king
- the steward of a nobleman or landowner
- the treasurer of a municipal corporation
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French chamberlayn, of Frankish origin; related to Old High German chamarling chamberlain, Latin camera chamber Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Chamberlain /ˈtʃeɪmbəlɪn/ n - Sir (Joseph) Austen. 1863–1937, British Conservative statesman; foreign secretary (1924–29); awarded a Nobel peace prize for his negotiation of the Locarno Pact (1925)
- his father, Joseph. 1836–1914, British statesman; originally a Liberal, he resigned in 1886 over Home Rule for Ireland and became leader of the Liberal Unionists; a leading advocate of preferential trading agreements with members of the British Empire
- his son, (Arthur) Neville. 1869–1940, British Conservative statesman; prime minister (1937–40): pursued a policy of appeasement towards Germany; following the German invasion of Poland, he declared war on Germany on Sept 3, 1939
- Owen. 1920–2006, US physicist, who discovered the antiproton. Nobel prize for physics jointly with Emilio Segré 1959
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