chamberlain 音标拼音: [tʃ'embɚlən] [tʃ'embɚlɪn]
n . 侍从,管家,收款人
侍从,管家,收款人
Chamberlain n 1 :
British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (
1869 -
1940 ) [
synonym :
{
Chamberlain }, {
Neville Chamberlain }, {
Arthur Neville Chamberlain }]
2 :
the treasurer of a municipal corporation 3 :
an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman Chamberlain \
Cham "
ber *
lain \,
n . [
OF .
chamberlain ,
chambrelencF .
chambellon ,
OHG .
chamerling ,
chamarlinc ,
G .
k [
aum ]
mmerling ,
kammer chamber (
fr .
L .
camera ) -
ling .
See {
Chamber },
and {-
ling }.] [
Formerly written {
chamberlin }.]
1 .
An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
An upper servant of an inn . [
Obs .]
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3 .
An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch ;
hence ,
in Europe ,
one of the high officers of a court .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
A treasurer or receiver of public money ;
as ,
the chamberlain of London ,
of North Wales ,
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
{
The lord chamberlain of England },
an officer of the crown ,
who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation ,
and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster ,
and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament .
Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers .
His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain of the Household ,
whose functions relate to the royal housekeeping .
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1913 Webster ]
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "
chamberlain ":
accountant ,
auditor ,
bookkeeper ,
bursar ,
butler ,
cashier ,
cashkeeper ,
comptroller ,
controller ,
curator ,
depositary ,
depository ,
financial officer ,
house steward ,
housekeeper ,
liquidator ,
majordomo ,
paymaster ,
purse bearer ,
purser ,
receiver ,
seneschal ,
steward ,
treasurer ,
trustee Chamberlain a confidential servant of the king (
Gen .
37 :
36 ;
39 :
1 ).
In Rom .
16 :
23 mention is made of "
Erastus the chamberlain ."
Here the word denotes the treasurer of the city ,
or the quaestor ,
as the Romans styled him .
He is almost the only convert from the higher ranks of whom mention is made (
comp .
Acts 17 :
34 ).
Blastus ,
Herod '
s "
chamberlain " (
Acts 12 :
20 ),
was his personal attendant or valet -
de -
chambre .
The Hebrew word _saris_ ,
thus translated in Esther 1 :
10 ,
15 ;
2 :
3 ,
14 ,
21 ,
etc .,
properly means an eunuch (
as in the marg .),
as it is rendered in Isa .
39 :
7 ;
56 :
3 .
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