chamberlain

1. 1.

   British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)

   SynonymsNeville ChamberlainArthur Neville Chamberlain

   Broaderstatesman
2. 2.

   the treasurer of a municipal corporation

   Broadertreasurer
3. 3.

   an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman

   Broadersteward

Other forms of chamberlain

plural

chamberlains·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chamberlain

What does chamberlain mean?

chamberlain means "British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chamberlain?

chamberlain has 3 syllables: cham-ber-lain. The stress falls on "cham". In IPA it is /ˈtʃeɪmbɚlən/.

What is another word for chamberlain?

Close synonyms include Neville Chamberlain, Arthur Neville Chamberlain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chamberlain a common word?

chamberlain is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.