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chamberlain
noun
- Obsolete the bedchamber attendant of a ruler or lord
- an officer in charge of the household of a ruler or lord; steward
- a high official in certain royal courts
- Brit. a treasurer, as of a municipality
- R.C.Ch. any of several high officials, as an honorary attendant on the pope
- Chamberlain, Sir (Joseph) Austen 1863-1937; Brit. statesman
- Chamberlain, Joseph 1836-1914; Brit. statesman: father of Austen & Neville
- Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville 1869-1940; Brit. statesman; prime minister (1937-40): signed Munich Pact
See chamberlain in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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