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underchamberlain

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cham⋅ber⋅lain

  [cheym-ber-lin]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < OF, var. of chamberlenc < Frankish *kamerling, equiv. to kamer (< L camera room; see chamber ) + -ling -ling 1
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chamberlain 
c.1225, from O.Fr. chamberlenc, from Frank. *kamerling, from L. camera (see camera) + dim. suffix -ling.
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