Noun: chamberere
| Sg. | chamberere |
| Pl. | chambereres |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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I ne heeld me never digne in no manere
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To be your wyf, no, ne your chamberere. (I considered myself never worthy in any way
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To be your wife, no, nor your chambermaid.) [1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Clerke of Oxenfordes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 818-819:]
Nouns inflected like chamberere
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French chamberiere (“chambermaid”).
Verbs referencing "chamberere"
English Nouns
chamberer.
Translations