chamberere
Middle English
editNoun
editchamberere (plural chambereres)
- chambermaid
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 818-819:
- I ne heeld me never digne in no manere
To be your wyf, no, ne your chamberere.- I considered myself never worthy in any way
To be your wife, no, nor your chambermaid.
- I considered myself never worthy in any way