Definition of "chamberlains" [chamberlains]

• Plural form of chamberlain. (noun)

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• "They have set warders about me, men, old and young, whom they call my chamberlains, contemners of love, who delight themselves in sadness."
• "She put off her mantle, and calling the chamberlains, showed them how their master loved to lie."
• "Poinsinet was one day invited to dine with one of the servants of the Tuileries; and, before his arrival, a person in company had been decorated with a knot of lace and a gold key, such as chamberlains wear; he was introduced to Poinsinet as the Count de"