Chamberer

Quick meaning: Chamberer is a noun meaning (obsolete) A high-ranking female servant who attends in a royal's or noble's chamber.

Meaning

(obsolete) A high-ranking female servant who attends in a royal's or noble's chamber.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) A gallant; a libertine.

Example Sentences

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

[…] as a soldier, as a legislator, she adores him most; not as a chamberer, and a carpet-knight.

And then she said to her chamberer: It behoveth us no longer to abide here; and she said: Lady, whither will ye go?

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.

Word Forms

• chamberers

Synonyms for chamberer

Depending on context, synonyms include chambermaid, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, debauchee, debaucher.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chamberwoman, parlourmaid, sewer, chasseur, clerk, househelp.

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