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Lord Chamberlain

Lord Chamberlain noun: the holder of an office in the government of the United Kingdom, heading the royal household of the monarch.

Noun

Lord Chamberlain (plural Lord Chamberlains or Lords Chamberlain)

  1. (UK) The holder of an office in the government of the United Kingdom, heading the royal household of the monarch.
    • Holonym: royal household
    • For centuries, these strict, dyspeptic, and sometimes unintentionally hilarious bureaucrats read and passed judgment on every public theatrical production in Britain, striking out references to sex, God, and politics, and forcing playwrights to, as one put it, cook their "conceptions to the taste...2025 March, Thomas Chatterton Williams, “All the King's censors: When bureaucrats ruled over British theater”, in The Atlantic, page 20

Forms of Lord Chamberlain

pluralLord Chamberlains
pluralLords Chamberlain

Origin of Lord Chamberlain

By proprialization from lord chamberlain.

Questions about Lord Chamberlain

What does Lord Chamberlain mean?
Lord Chamberlain means the holder of an office in the government of the United Kingdom, heading the royal household of the monarch.
What part of speech is Lord Chamberlain?
Lord Chamberlain is a noun.
What is the plural of Lord Chamberlain?
The plural of Lord Chamberlain is Lord Chamberlains.

Words near Lord Chamberlain in the dictionary

  1. lord
  2. lord and master
  3. Lord Baltimore cake
  4. Lord Baltimore cakes
  5. Lord be praised
  6. Lord Chamberlain
  7. Lord Chamberlains
  8. Lord Chancellor
  9. Lord Chancellors
  10. Lord God bird
  11. Lord God birds

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