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Chamberer

//ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A servant who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. obsolete

    "Mary Shelton, who entered as a chamberer in 1567 when she was about 17 years old, was the queen's second cousin on the Boleyn side."

  2. 2
    A gallant; a libertine. obsolete

    "I[…]haue not those soft parts of Conuersation That Chamberers haue"

Etymology

From Middle English chamberere, chamberer, from Old French chamberiere, feminine of chamberier; ultimately from Latin cambra (“room”). By surface analysis, chamber + -er.

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