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Russian
Etymology
First attested in 1710. Borrowed from German Kammerdiener.
Pronunciation
Noun
камерди́нер • (kamerdíner) m anim (genitive камерди́нера, nominative plural камерди́неры, genitive plural камерди́неров)
- (historical) body servant, valet
1869, Иван Гончаров, “Часть I. Глава II”, in Обрыв; English translation from Stephen Pearl, transl., Malinovka Heights, Alma Classics, 2020:Камердинер был у него француз, с почтительной речью и наглым взглядом.- Kamerdiner byl u nevo francuz, s počtitelʹnoj rečʹju i naglym vzgljadom.
- Nikolai Vasilyevich’s valet was a Frenchman, courteous in speech, but with a venturesome gleam in his eye.
Declension