chamberlain

See also: Chamberlain

English

Etymology

From Middle English chamberlein, chaumberlein, chaumberleyn, from Anglo-Norman chamberlenc, Old French chamberlayn, chamberlenc (“chamberlain”), from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”), equivalent to *kamer (“chamber”) + *-ling (“-ling”). Cognate with Old High German chamarling (“chamberlain”). Compare also Late Latin camerārius and comrade. More at chamber, -ling.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəlɪn/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚlɪn/
• Hyphenation: cham‧ber‧lain

Noun

chamberlain (plural chamberlains)

2. A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.

   Coordinate terms: chamberer, chambermaid (in its archaic sense)

3. A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
4. (obsolete) An upper servant of an inn.

Derived terms

• archchamberlain
• chamberlaincy
• chamberlainry
• chamberlainship
• Lord Chamberlain
• underchamberlain

Translations

an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (imperial China) 侍從 / 侍从 (zh) (shìcóng), 管家 (zh) (guǎnjiā), 內臣 / 内臣 (zh) (nèichén)

• Danish: kammerherre
• Dutch: kamerheer (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĉambelano (eo)
• Finnish: kamariherra, kamreeri (fi), kirstunvartija
• French: chambellan (fr) m
• German: Kammerherr m, Kämmerer (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: πρόκοιτος m (prókoitos)

• Italian: ciambellano (it) m, camerlengo (it) m
• Japanese: チェンバレン (chenbaren), 侍従 (ja) (じじゅう, jijū), 侍従官 (じじゅうかん, jijūkan), 城代 (ja) (じょうだい, jōdai)
• Macedonian: ко́морник m (kómornik)
• Persian: سرای‌سالار (sarây-sâlâr)
• Polish: szambelan (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: camareiro (pt) m
• Romanian: șambelan (ro) m
• Russian: камерге́р (ru) m (kamergér)
• Scottish Gaelic: seumarlan m
• Sicilian: cammireri m, cammirera f
• Spanish: chambelán (es) m
• Swedish: kammarherre c
• Tocharian B: kañcuki
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: مابینجی (mabeyinci)

• Ukrainian: камерге́р (uk) m (kamerhér)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ciambellano (it)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} chambelán (es) m

See also

• royal household