For Chamberlain we have terms and definitions in 3 topics. The topics are Feudal, Medieval Towns and Poetry.

Chamberlain (Feudal)

An officer of the royal household. He is responsible for the
Chamber, meaning that he controls access to the person of the King. He is
also responsible for administration of the household and the privates
estates of the king. The Chamberlain is one of the four main officers of
the court, the others being the Chancellor, the Justiciar, and the
Treasurer.

Chamberlain (Medieval Towns)

The title originated with an officer of a royal household who was responsible for the Chamber, which included the administration of the king's household's budget. Boroughs later mimicked this, introducing officers to take charge of collecting revenues and paying expenses in part to relieve executive officers of some of their work but perhaps more to place a check on possible embezzlement by those officers. It is not clear how early there were dedicated financial officers in borough administration (the absence of mention in the Ipswich proceedings of 1200 is notable), but merchant gilds appear to have had them from the beginning. It was probably London who first gave its financial officers the title of "chamberlain", perhaps in part because the city treasury was kept safe in a particular chamber in the Guildhall. Treasurers and receivers were other names used for this type of officer.

Chamberlain (Poetry)

chief servant

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