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Topic: OFFICIALS

Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: chamberlayn, from Old Saxon kamera, from Latin camera; CHAMBER

chamberlain

 noun
     
cham‧ber‧lain [countable]
PGO an important official who managed the house of a king or queen in the past
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