chamberiere
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom chambre (“room”) + -iere (“suffix forming feminine nouns of occupation”).
Noun
editchamberiere oblique singular, f (oblique plural chamberieres, nominative singular chamberiere, nominative plural chamberieres)
- chambermaid
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
- Mout murmurent ces chamberieres
- Her chambermaids whispered a lot