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chamberlains

chamberlains is the plural of chamberlain.

Meaning of chamberlain

Noun

chamberlain (plural chamberlains)

  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. (obsolete) An upper servant of an inn.

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Chamberlains

Chamberlains

  1. A neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Chamberlains

Chamberlains

  1. (plural) plural of Chamberlain

Origin of chamberlains

Named after the Chamberlain family.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Phrases with chamberlains

Questions about chamberlains

What does chamberlains mean?
Chamberlains means a neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
What is chamberlains the plural of?
Chamberlains is the plural of chamberlain.
What part of speech is chamberlains?
Chamberlains is a proper noun.

Words near chamberlains in the dictionary

  1. chambering
  2. chamberings
  3. chamberlain
  4. chamberlaincy
  5. chamberlainry
  6. chamberlains
  7. chamberlainship
  8. chamberlainships
  9. Chamberland
  10. Chamberlands
  11. chamberless

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