cham·ber·lain /ˈʧembɚ/
 侍從,管家,收款人


 Cham·ber·lain n.  [Formerly written chamberlin.]
 1. An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.
 2. An upper servant of an inn. [Obs.]
 3. An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court.
 4. A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc.
 The lord chamberlain of England, an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers. His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal housekeeping.

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 Chamberlain
      n 1: British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of
           appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940) [syn: {Neville
           Chamberlain, Arthur Neville Chamberlain]
      2: the treasurer of a municipal corporation
      3: an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman


 Chamberlain
    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.