chamber-deacon
/ˈtʃeɪmbəˌdiːk(ə)n/noun
In the Middle Ages: a poor scholar or clerk, originally one from Ireland, attending the University of Oxford but living irregularly in private lodgings rather than in any college or hall. Now historical.
Origin
Late Middle English. Apparently from chamber + deacon.
- wait-a-bit thorn
- wait and see
- Waitangi Day
- Waitangi, Treaty of
- Waite, Morrison Remick
- waiter
- wait for it
- wait for the other shoe to drop
- waiting
- waiting game
- waiting list
- waiting room
- wait list
- wait on (or upon)
- wait on someone hand and foot
- waitperson
- waitress
- waitressing
- waitron
- waitstaff
- wait state
- wait up
- waive
- waiver
- Wajda, Andrzej