chamberer

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chamberer

/ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚɚ/

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From Middle English chamberere, chamberer, from Old French chamberiere, feminine of chamberier; ultimately from Latin cambra (“room”).

By surface analysis, chamber + -er.

noun chamberers

obsolete A high-ranking female servant who attends in a royal's or noble's chamber. 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.
Similar: chambermaid
obsolete A gallant; a libertine. I[…]haue not those soft parts of Conuersation That Chamberers haue
Similar: adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster, libertine, hood rat

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@misc{chamberer_2026,
  title = {chamberer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chamberer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}