PGOHIGH POSITION OR RANKan important official who managed the house of a king or queen in the past 〔旧时国王或女王的〕宫廷内侍
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chamberlain• A chamberlain showed them to their seats just beneath the high table, which was dominated by a pearl-encrusted silversaltcellar.• The King and his Cardinal were preparing to leave and the courtyards were full of sumpter ponies, officials and chamberlains.• Both chamberlain and clerkaccepted it without question when they were dismissed from attendance.• Pelham was electedchamberlain of Hull 30 September 1630 and sheriff of Hull in 1636, becoming alderman in 1641.• He was himself masterforester of Rossendale, and Pilkington was his chamberlain.• Polydore Vergil later claimed that Edward's chamberlainlord Hastings raised a force for the king in Lancashire.• She saw the prince's chamberlainlean out and speak to his waitingpage.• Bernard the chamberlain held his high office for only a few months, in 829-30.
Originchamberlain
(1100-1200)Old Frenchchamberlayn, from Old Saxonkamera, from Latincamera; → CHAMBER