chamberere

Middle English

Noun

chamberere (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.

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