chamberlain

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French chamberlayn, chamberlenc (“chamberlain”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *kamerling (“chamberlain”), equivalent to *kamer (“chamber”) + *-ling (“-ling”). Cognate with Old High German chamarling (“chamberlain”). More at chamber, -ling.

Noun

chamberlain (plural chamberlains)

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.

Translations

an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign

Dutch: kamerheer (nl) m. Finnish: kamariherra (fi) Polish: szambelan (pl) m.

Portuguese: camerlengo (pt) m. Scottish Gaelic: seumarlan (gd) m.

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ĉambelano Italian: ciambellano Spanish: chambelán m.