Definition of "vice-chamberlain" []

• The deputy of a chamberlain; in the royal household of England, the deputy of the lord chamberlain. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "My friend's research led to extensive lands in Suffolk forming an estate known as Brokes Hall and belonging to one Sir Anthony Wingfield (c1488-1552), knight of the garter and vice-chamberlain of the royal household, who represented Suffolk in parliament."
• "In the corridors of the Vatican there has been talk for some time of the departure of Mgr Gabriele Caccia, assessor of General Affairs, a key man in the “Sodano administration”, of Mgr Paolo Sardi, editor of the papal speeches and vice-chamberlain, and of Mgr Carlo Maria Viganò, delegate to the pontifical representatives."
• "But he doesn't know Sir Francis Knollys, Elizabeth's vice-chamberlain."