Chambers

American  

[cheym-berz] / ˈtʃeɪm bərz /

noun

1. Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.

2. Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.

3. Whittaker Jay David Chambers, 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.

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chambers British  

/ ˈtʃeɪmbəz /

plural noun

1. a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court

2. (in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)

3. archaic a suite of rooms; apartments

4. (in the US) the private office of a judge

5. law

   1. in the privacy of a judge's chambers

   2. Former name for sense 5: in camera.  in a court not open to the public

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Example Sentences

Take Brian Chambers, a resident of Downey, Calif., who said he got an offer to be bumped from a 14-day Celebrity cruise in Asia that he and his wife had purchased.

From MarketWatch

Helen Chambers, a florist and flower wholesaler from Spalding, Lincolnshire, said people should still be able to have roses but from a "source that is credible".

From BBC

Economic growth in the Southeast Asian nation is anaemic and there could still be an opportunity for Pheu Thai in future "if the economy continues to go downhill", Chambers said.

From Barron's

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers was set up by the country's parliament.

From Barron's

Ahead of the shutdown last year, Tom Hammersley, marketing manager at Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce, told the BBC that the drop in demand at Wedgwood had come against a backdrop of increasing costs.

From BBC

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