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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chamberlain \Cham"ber*lain\, n. [OF. chamberlain, chambrelencF chambellon OHG. chamerling chamarlinc G. k["a]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. 2. An upper servant of an inn. [Obs.] 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. 4. A treasurer or receiver of public money; as the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chamberlain n 1: the treasurer of a municipal corporation 2: an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Chamberlain, ME Zip code(s): 04541 Chamberlain, SD (city, FIPS 11220) Location: 43.80763 N, 99.32024 W Population (1990): 2347 (1024 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57325 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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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