A chamberlain

[cheym-ber-lin] /ˈtʃeɪm bər lɪn/
noun
(arthur) neville, 1869–1940, british statesman: prime minister 1937–40.
joseph, 1836–1914, british statesman (father of sir austen and neville chamberlain).
sir (joseph) austen, 1863–1937, british statesman: n-bel peace prize 1925.
owen, 1920–2006, u.s. physicist: n-bel prize 1959.
wilt(on norman) (“wilt the stilt”) 1936–1999, u.s. basketball player.
chamberlain
/ˈtʃeɪmbəlɪn/
noun
an officer who manages the household of a king
the steward of a n-bleman or landowner
the treasurer of a munic-p-l corporation
derived forms
chamberlainship, noun
word origin
c13: from old french chamberlayn, of frankish origin; related to old high german chamarling chamberlain, latin camerachamber
chamberlain
/ˈtʃeɪmbəlɪn/
noun
sir (joseph) austen. 1863–1937, british conservative statesman; foreign secretary (1924–29); awarded a n-bel peace prize for his negotiation of the locarno pact (1925)
his father, joseph. 1836–1914, british statesman; originally a liberal, he resigned in 1886 over home rule for ireland and became leader of the liberal unionists; a leading advocate of preferential trading agreements with members of the british empire
his son, (arthur) neville. 1869–1940, british conservative statesman; prime minister (1937–40): pursued a policy of appeas-m-nt towards germany; following the german invasion of poland, he declared war on germany on sept 3, 1939
owen. 1920–2006, us physicist, who discovered the antiproton. n-bel prize for physics jointly with emilio segré 1959
chamberlain
n.

early 13c., from old french chamberlenc “chamberlain, steward, treasurer” (modern french chambellan), from a germanic source (perhaps frankish -kamerling; cf. old high german chamarling, german kämmerling), from latin camera “chamber, room” (see camera) + germanic diminutive suffix -ling.

a confidential servant of the king (gen. 37:36; 39:1). in rom. 16:23 mention is made of “erastus the chamberlain.” here the word denotes the treasurer of the city, or the quaestor, as the romans styled him. he is almost the only convert from the higher ranks of whom mention is made (comp. acts 17:34). blastus, herod’s “chamberlain” (acts 12:20), was his personal attendant or valet-de-chambre. the hebrew word _saris_, thus translated in esther 1:10, 15; 2:3, 14, 21, etc., properly means an eunuch (as in the marg.), as it is rendered in isa. 39:7; 56:3.