chamberiere
Old French
Etymology
From chambre (“room”) + -iere (“suffix forming feminine nouns of occupation”)
Noun
chamberiere f (oblique plural chamberieres, nominative singular chamberiere, nominative plural chamberieres)
- chambermaid
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
- Mout murmurent ces chamberieres
- Her chambermaids whispered a lot
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