name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War II.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
chamberlain
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəlɪn/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃheɪ̯mbəlɪn]
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Canada, General-American: /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚlɪn/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈt͡ʃheɪ̯mbɚlɪn]
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CMU ARPABET: CH EY1 M B ER0 L AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: CH EY1 M B ER0 L IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A township in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A village in the Rural Municipality of Sarnia No. 221, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A city, the county seat of Brule County, South Dakota, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
A village in Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
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.
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noun
Meaning 8
A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
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noun
Meaning 9
An upper servant of an inn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 10
an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: steward
noun
Meaning 11
the treasurer of a municipal corporation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: treasurer, financial officer
noun
Meaning 12
British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Neville Chamberlain, Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: statesman, solon, national leader
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 侍從 /侍从 (shìcóng) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Chinese Mandarin: 管家 (guǎnjiā) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Chinese Mandarin: 內臣 /内臣 (nèichén) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Danish: kammerherre — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Dutch: kamerheer — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Esperanto: ĉambelano — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Finnish: kamariherra — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Finnish: kamreeri — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Finnish: kirstunvartija — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- French: chambellan — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- German: Kammerherr — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- German: Kämmerer — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Greek: τσαμπρελιάνος (tsampreliános) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Ancient Greek: πρόκοιτος (prókoitos) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Italian: ciambellano — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Italian: camerlengo — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Japanese: チェンバレン (chenbaren) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Japanese: 侍従 (jijū) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Japanese: 侍従官 (jijūkan) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Japanese: 城代 (jōdai) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Macedonian: ко́морник (kómornik) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Persian: سرایسالار (sarây-sâlâr) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Polish: szambelan — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Portuguese: camareiro — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Romanian: șambelan — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Russian: камерге́р (kamergér) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Scottish Gaelic: seumarlan — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Sicilian: cammireri — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Sicilian: cammirera — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Spanish: chambelán — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Swedish: kammarherre — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Tocharian B: kañcuki — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Ottoman Turkish: مابینجی (mabeyinci) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
- Ukrainian: камерге́р (kamerhér) — an officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign
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