Chambers
noun
Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
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Chambers
American
[cheym-berz]
/ ˈtʃeɪm bərz /
noun
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Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
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Robert William, 1865–1933, U.S. novelist and illustrator.
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Whittaker Jay David Chambers, 1901–61, U.S. journalist, Communist spy, and accuser of Alger Hiss.
chambers
British
/ ˈtʃeɪmbəz /
plural noun
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a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
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(in England) the set of rooms occupied by barristers where clients are interviewed (in London, mostly in the Inns of Court)
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archaic a suite of rooms; apartments
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(in the US) the private office of a judge
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law
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in the privacy of a judge's chambers
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Former name for sense 5: in camera. in a court not open to the public
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The drop in vacancies suggests businesses are pausing recruitment, said Patrick Milnes from the British Chambers of Commerce.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
“I just don’t eat so many breadsticks,” said Chambers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Michelle Ambrosio Chambers, a 39-year-old nurse from Texas, said she has lost 150 pounds since getting on GLP-1 drugs three years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
It is understood another of the party's nine MLAs, Alan Chambers, has been told not to put his name forward when his constituency association in North Down meets soon to select its candidate.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Ishmael Chambers trained as a marine rifleman with seven hundred and fifty other recruits at Parris Island, South Carolina, in the late summer of 1942.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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