单词 | gentleman of the privy chamber |
释义 | > as lemmasgentleman of the privy chamber g. gentleman of the privy chamber and variants: a man, typically of noble birth, appointed to provide companionship and personal assistance to the monarch or Prince of Wales; cf. gentleman of the bedchamber, gentleman of the chamber. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lord-in-waiting gentlemanc1400 gentleman of the privy chamber1549 privy chamberer1640 Gentleman of the Privy Chamber1681 lord of the bedchamber1717 lord in waiting1719 1549 T. Cooper Lanquet's Epitome of Crons. iii. f. 283v Lady Anne, with hir brother George Bulleine lorde Rochforde, and Henrie Norreis, Francis Weston,..Marke Smeton, gentilmen of the kynges priuie chambre, shortely after was beheaded for dyuers treasons and naughtie actes. a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 41 Halfe a dozen Gentlemen of the privy Chamber, his Majesties Coach, and the Bishop of Winchesters went to receive him [sc. the Ambassador of the King of Sweden] at his Lodging. 1779 London Courant & Westm. Chron. 15 Dec. He had accepted the place of Gentleman of the Privy Chamber in order to avoid serving on Juries. 1953 G. R. Elton Tudor Rev. in Govt. i. 42 During Wolsey's wars household officers, whether gentlemen of the privy chamber or clerks of the kitchen and the like, did good service in the national administration. 2019 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 May 32 Queen Katherine's fate was sealed when a letter was discovered written by her to Thomas Culpeper, a gentleman of the Privy Chamber and a great favourite of Henry's. Gentleman of the Privy Chamber Also in the titles of various members of the royal household, these being originally in personal attendance on the monarch, as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, Groom of the Privy Chamber, etc.extracted from privy chambern.< as lemmas |
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