chamberer means A high-ranking female servant who attends in a royal's or noble's chamber.
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chamberer is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚɚ/.
Etymology
From Middle English chamberere, chamberer, from Old French chamberiere, feminine of chamberier; ultimately from Latin cambra (“room”). By surface analysis, chamber + -er.
noun
- A high-ranking female servant who attends in a royal's or noble's chamber.e.g.“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:
- A gallant; a libertine.e.g.“I[…]haue not those soft parts of Conuersation That Chamberers haue” — c. 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 Iagg
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