Chambers
Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.
Whittaker Jay David Chambers, 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.
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How to use Chambers in a sentence
The true meaning of True Detective doesn't have all that much to do with Robert Chambers or the stories he wrote way back in 1895.
‘True Detective’ Finale Review: Close to Perfection | Andrew Romano | March 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat was the case 23 years ago with the “Preppie Killer,” Robert Chambers.
Robert Chambers died at Paris; a learned English judge and orientalist.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellMy services in the cause are certified by Robert Chambers in his collection, published in 1829—fifty years ago.
The Book-Hunter | John Hill BurtonConscious of innocence, but troubled by so disagreeable an imputation, I laid the matter before Robert Chambers.
My First Book: | Various
Vestiges of Creation, by Robert Chambers, had been published in the preceding year .
The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2 | Edward Tyas CookEverything, says Mr. Robert Chambers, was on a homely and narrow scale.
Edinburgh | Rosaline Masson
British Dictionary definitions for chambers
/ (ˈtʃeɪmbəz) /
a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
(in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)
British archaic a suite of rooms; apartments
(in the US) the private office of a judge
in chambers law
in the privacy of a judge's chambers
in a court not open to the public: Former name for sense 5: in camera
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