chamberlain: Meaning and Definition of

cham•ber•lain

1. an official charged with the management of the living quarters of a sovereign or member of the nobility.
2. an official who receives rents and revenues, as of a municipal corporation; treasurer.
3. the high steward or factor of a member of the nobility.
4. a high official of a royal court.

Cham•ber•lain

1. 1869–1940, British statesman: prime minister 1937–40.
2. 1836–1914, British statesman (father of Sir Austen and Neville Chamberlain).
3. 1863–1937, British statesman: Nobel peace prize 1925.
4. born 1920, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1959.
5. (“Wilt the Stilt”), born 1936, U.S. basketball player.