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What is a chamberlain?

What is a chamberlain? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
  2. A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
  3. (obsolete) An upper servant of an inn.
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In the recent government reshuffle he was given the job of vice chamberlain of the royal household.
They were represented by the great chamberlain to the emperor and his deputy.
He was not within the leading ranks of borough society and performed his citizen's duty only through one stint as chamberlain.
In Mr. chamberlain they had a popular champion of great ability and industry.
The son of a Yorkist retainer, he came into prominence at the beginning of the reign as chamberlain of the household.
But what this show proves is that, even at his most automotive, chamberlain achieved a surprising range of effects and meanings.

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