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Chamberlain

noun

(Formerly written chamberlin)

British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940). Synonyms: Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain.

The treasurer of a municipal corporation.

An officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman.

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... Ainu of Yezo, Japan, recorded by Professor B. H. Chamberlain, is the following concerning ...

— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain

... willy-nilly - And all that isn't Belgrave Square is Strand and Piccadilly. (They haven't any slummeries in England.) We have solved the labour question with discrimination polished, So poverty is obsolete and hunger is abolished - (They are going to abolish it in England.) The Chamberlain our native stage has purged, beyond a question, Of "risky" situation and indelicate suggestion; No piece is tolerated if it's costumed indiscreetly - In short, this happy country has been Anglicised completely! It really is surprising What a thorough Anglicising We've brought about - Utopia's ...

— Songs of a Savoyard • W. S. Gilbert

... the house of the king's chamberlain, and could not at this time come to her brethren; No, not to her uncle, Mordecai, to consult how to prevent an approaching judgment. Yea, Mordecai and she were fain to speak one to another by Hatach, whom the king had ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... the chief's health: he shook his head captiously, and inquired our errand. I drew from my pocket my own letter: it was carried by a chamberlain, with hands veiled in his Tobe, to the Amir, who after a brief glance laid it upon the couch, and demanded further explanation. I then represented in Arabic that we had come from Aden, bearing the compliments of our Daulah or governor, ...

— First footsteps in East Africa • Richard F. Burton

... the part of chamberlain, and taking up one of the large candle branches, he lighted the Duke to his apartments. He would have carried his good offices, and his candles, as far as Gian Maria's very bed-chamber, but that in the ante-room ...

— Love-at-Arms • Raphael Sabatini

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