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chamberers

chamberers is the plural of chamberer.

Meaning of chamberer

Noun

chamberer (plural chamberers)

  1. (obsolete) A high-ranking female servant who attends in a royal's or noble's chamber.
    • Mary Shelton, who entered as a chamberer in 1567 when she was about 17 years old, was the queen's second cousin on the Boleyn side.2015, Susan Doran, Elizabeth I and Her Circle, page 200
    Synonyms:
    chambermaid
  2. (obsolete) A gallant; a libertine.
    • I[…]haue not those soft parts of Conuersation That Chamberers hauec. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about chamberers

What is chamberers the plural of?
Chamberers is the plural of chamberer.

Words near chamberers in the dictionary

  1. chambered
  2. chambered nautili
  3. chambered nautilus
  4. chambered nautiluses
  5. chamberer
  6. chamberers
  7. chamberesque
  8. chamberful
  9. chamberfuls
  10. chambering
  11. chamberings

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