chamberlain

Example Sentences

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A grand chamberlain was removed for “severely immoral acts” that allegedly included forcing a paramour to undergo an abortion.

From Seattle Times

The few other people in the room were members of the imperial family, court chamberlains, ladies-in-waiting, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaders of the two houses of Parliament and the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

From New York Times

Akihito, a lonely child raised by chamberlains and nursemaids since age 3, had spent the final year of the war outside the city to escape the Allied bombing.

From New York Times

The chamberlains of the Imperial Household Agency had orchestrated Ms. Owada’s invitation to the reception after noticing she was one of three women to pass Japan’s notoriously tough foreign service exam that year.

From New York Times

In the evening, he will end his reign with the symbolic return of the “three sacred treasures” – a sword, a mirror and a jewel – that will be brought into the room by imperial chamberlains.

From The Guardian