chamberlain

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəlɪn/    美 /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚlɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
  3. An upper servant of an inn. obsolete

词形变化

chamberlains plural

词汇关系

衍生词
archchamberlain chamberlainship Lord Chamberlain underchamberlain
相关词
royal household

词源

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.
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