Chamberlain

['tʃeɪmbəlɪn] or ['tʃembɚlɪn]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman.

(noun.) the treasurer of a municipal corporation.

(noun.) British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940).

卡莱尔編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.

(n.) An upper servant of an inn.

(n.) An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court.

(n.) A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc.

整理:瓦莱丽

解釋/意思:

n. an officer appointed by a king or nobleman or by a corporation to perform domestic and ceremonial duties.—n. Cham′berlainship.—Lord Chamberlain an officer of high standing in the royal household having control over all the officers and servants 'above stairs ' except those of the bedchamber over the establishment attached to the Chapel Royal the physicians surgeons and apothecaries of the household; Lord Great Chamberlain a hereditary officer who has the government of the palace of Westminster and upon solemn occasions the keys of Westminster Hall and of the Court of Requests are delivered to him."

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