[cheym-ber-lin] 
| 1. | an official charged with the management of the living quarters of a sovereign or member of the nobility. |
| 2. | an official who receives rents and revenues, as of a municipal corporation; treasurer. |
| 3. | the high steward or factor of a member of the nobility. |
| 4. | a high official of a royal court. |
[cheym-ber-lin] | 1. | (Arthur) Neville, 1869–1940, British statesman: prime minister 1937–40. |
| 2. | Joseph, 1836–1914, British statesman (father of Sir Austen and Neville Chamberlain). |
| 3. | Sir (Joseph) Austen, 1863–1937, British statesman: Nobel peace prize 1925. |
| 4. | Owen, 1920–2006, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1959. |
| 5. | Wilt(on Norman) (“Wilt the Stilt” ), 1936–1999, U.S. basketball player. |
| cham·ber·lain (chām'bər-lən) n.
[Middle English chaumberlein, from Old French chamberlenc, from Frankish *kamerling : Late Latin camera, chamber; see chamber + Germanic *-linga-, one connected with; see -ling1.] |
| Cham·ber·lain (chām'bər-lĭn) British politician and prime minister (1937-1940) who advocated a policy of appeasement toward the fascist regimes of Europe. He was forced to declare war on Germany after its invasion of Poland in 1939. |
| Chamberlain, Sir (Joseph) British politician who helped establish the Locarno Pact. He shared the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize. |
| Chamberlain, Wilton Norman Known as "Wilt." Born 1936. American basketball player. He ranks among the all-time leading NBA scorers and rebounders and holds the record for most points (100) scored in a single game. |
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.