antechamber

[an-tee-cheym-ber]

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noun

a chamber or room that serves as a waiting room and entrance to a larger room or an apartment; anteroom.

Origin of antechamber

1650–60; earlier antichamber < French antichambre, as translation of Italian anticamera, equivalent to anti- (< Latin ante- ante-) + camera chamber

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Examples from the Web for antechamber

Contemporary Examples

Once inside the school cafeteria, which served as an antechamber, each candidate had his own booth.
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Historical Examples

He dashed out into the antechamber, and I heard him bellowing orders.
The Strolling Saint
Raphael Sabatini
She was removed to the Conciergerie, the antechamber of the guillotine.
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No sooner had I appeared in the antechamber than I was ushered into the presence of the secretary.
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Charles James Lever
In your antechamber a capricious tyrant waits us all at birth.
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The antechamber is full of them; and there they are—on promotion, you understand.
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Maurice Henry Hewlett

British Dictionary definitions for antechamber

antechamber

noun

another name for anteroom

Word Origin

C17: from Old French, from Italian anticamera; see ante-, chamber

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Word Origin and History for antechamber

n.

1650s, from French antichambre (16c.), on analogy of Italian anticamera (see ante and chamber).

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Examples from the Web for antechamber

Contemporary Examples

Once inside the school cafeteria, which served as an antechamber, each candidate had his own booth.

Historical Examples

He dashed out into the antechamber, and I heard him bellowing orders.

She was removed to the Conciergerie, the antechamber of the guillotine.

No sooner had I appeared in the antechamber than I was ushered into the presence of the secretary.

In your antechamber a capricious tyrant waits us all at birth.

The antechamber is full of them; and there they are—on promotion, you understand.

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Word Origin and History for antechamber

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