chambressn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃeɪmbrᵻs/,

/tʃeɪmˈbrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈtʃeɪmbrəs/

Forms: Middle English chaumbres, 1600s chamberess, 1800s– chambress.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on French lexical items. Etymons: chamber n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < chamber n. + -ess suffix¹, probably after Middle French chambriere and (in later use) French chambrière (see chamberer n.). Compare earlier chamberer n. 1.

1. A woman (esp. a nun) in a convent or similar establishment in charge of clothing, bedding, etc. Now historical.

ΚΠ

?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 392 The Chaumbres schal haue al the clothes in her warde that perteyne to the bodyly araymente of sustres..sche schal purvey for canuas for bedyng.

1896 L. Eckenstein Woman under Monasticism 416 There is the prioress,..the chambress, the infirmaress, the portress and others.

1922 E. Power Medieval Eng. Nurseries iii. 119 The details of this expenditure are sometimes not given very fully, because they were set forth at length in the accounts of the cellaress and chambress.

2002 J. Greatrex in J. G. Clark Relig. Orders in Pre-Reformation Eng. 43 There are over 150 accounts of nun obedientiaries of which only a few of those of the sacrist and chambress, to my knowledge, have received notice.

†2. A chambermaid. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant having care of bedchambers > woman or girl

chamberer1340

chambermaid1578

chambress1656

femme de chambre1800

1656 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist Lives & Reigns of Mary Queen of Scotl. & James Sixth 448 They then adjoyn one Sarah Wharton their Chamberess, who they affirm, stood behinde the Hangings, at the entrance of the Room, and heard the Countess reade over what she had writ.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chambress
释义	chambressn. Brit. /ˈtʃeɪmbrᵻs/, /tʃeɪmˈbrɛs/, U.S. /ˈtʃeɪmbrəs/ Forms: Middle English chaumbres, 1600s chamberess, 1800s– chambress. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on French lexical items. Etymons: chamber n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < chamber n. + -ess suffix¹, probably after Middle French chambriere and (in later use) French chambrière (see chamberer n.). Compare earlier chamberer n. 1. 1. A woman (esp. a nun) in a convent or similar establishment in charge of clothing, bedding, etc. Now historical. ΚΠ ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 392 The Chaumbres schal haue al the clothes in her warde that perteyne to the bodyly araymente of sustres..sche schal purvey for canuas for bedyng. 1896 L. Eckenstein Woman under Monasticism 416 There is the prioress,..the chambress, the infirmaress, the portress and others. 1922 E. Power Medieval Eng. Nurseries iii. 119 The details of this expenditure are sometimes not given very fully, because they were set forth at length in the accounts of the cellaress and chambress. 2002 J. Greatrex in J. G. Clark Relig. Orders in Pre-Reformation Eng. 43 There are over 150 accounts of nun obedientiaries of which only a few of those of the sacrist and chambress, to my knowledge, have received notice. †2. A chambermaid. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant having care of bedchambers > woman or girl chamberer1340 chambermaid1578 chambress1656 femme de chambre1800 1656 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist Lives & Reigns of Mary Queen of Scotl. & James Sixth 448 They then adjoyn one Sarah Wharton their Chamberess, who they affirm, stood behinde the Hangings, at the entrance of the Room, and heard the Countess reade over what she had writ. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1450
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