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chamberlin

chamberlin is the obsolete form 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 capitalized: Chamberlin

Chamberlin (plural Chamberlins)

  1. A surname.

Forms of chamberlin

Noun
pluralchamberlins
Proper noun
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Words formed from chamberlin

Questions about chamberlin

What does chamberlin mean?
Chamberlin means a surname.
What is chamberlin the obsolete form of?
Chamberlin is the obsolete form of chamberlain.
What part of speech is chamberlin?
Chamberlin is a proper noun.

Words near chamberlin in the dictionary

  1. chamberlet
  2. chamberleted
  3. chamberlets
  4. chamberletted
  5. chamberlike
  6. chamberlin
  7. Chamberlinian
  8. chamberlins
  9. chambermaid
  10. chambermaiding
  11. chambermaids

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