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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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
“I just don’t eat so many breadsticks,” said Chambers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
At 77, Alan Chambers is Father of the House as he is the oldest of 90 MLAs first elected in 2016.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
It is possible legal constraints may be preventing the UK from actively boarding and seizing tankers, said James M Turner KC, a shipping lawyer at Quadrant Chambers.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Ishmael Chambers, the local reporter, found that he was sweating, too.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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