chamberiere

Old French

Etymology

From chambre (“room”) +‎ -iere (“suffix forming feminine nouns of occupation”).

Noun

chamberiere 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

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