† chamber ladn.Obsoleterare(a) a male personal attendant; cf. chamber childn.;(b) a junior clerk in a lawyer's office.
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chamber lad1778
1778 T. WhartonHist. Eng. Poetry II. xiv. 327 The pages of my bed-chamber. Called, in Scotland, Chamber-lads.
1889 F. E. GrettonMemory's Harkback 157 Sugden became chamber lad to a conveyancer, where he picked up the foundation of his law knowledge.