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chamberlain
1[ cheym-ber-lin ]
noun
- an official charged with the management of the living quarters of a sovereign or member of the nobility.
- an 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.
Chamberlain
2[ cheym-ber-lin ]
noun
- (Arthur) Neville, 1869–1940, British statesman: prime minister 1937–40.
- Joseph, 1836–1914, British statesman (father of Sir Austen and Neville Chamberlain).
- Sir (Joseph) Austen, 1863–1937, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1925.
- Owen, 1920–2006, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1959.
- Wilt(on Norman) Wilt the Stilt, 1936–1999, U.S. basketball player.
chamberlain
1/ ˈʃɪəɪ /
noun
- an officer who manages the household of a king
- the steward of a nobleman or landowner
- the treasurer of a municipal corporation
Chamberlain
2/ ˈʃɪəɪ /
noun
- ChamberlainSir (Joseph) Austen18631937MBritishPOLITICS: statesman 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)
- ChamberlainJoseph18361914MBritishPOLITICS: statesman 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
- Chamberlain(Arthur) Neville18691940MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister 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
- ChamberlainOwen19202006MUSSCIENCE: physicist Owen. 1920–2006, US physicist, who discovered the antiproton. Nobel prize for physics jointly with Emilio Segré 1959
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲd·b· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chamberlain1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chamberlain1
Example Sentences
After the death of a reigning pope, the person in charge of ordinary affairs at the Vatican until the election of a new pope is the camerlengo, or chamberlain.
The lord chamberlain broke his wand of office and placed it onto the coffin, a symbol of the end of his service, to be buried with the sovereign.
Rather than handing her children over to court chamberlains to raise, she cared for them herself.
So the king called in the lord high chamberlain, the royal wizard and the royal mathematician.
He signed the Freedom declaration with a wave of the pen and thanked the chamberlain for being given the “Rules for the Conduct of Life” which date from the mid-18th century.
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