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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 14th century. From Latin camerarius.
Pronunciation
Noun
camareiro m (plural camareiros, feminine camareira, feminine plural camareiras)
- (historical) chamberlain, camerlengo
- waiter
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “camareiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “camareiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “camareiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “camareiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From câmara + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Noun
camareiro m (plural camareiros, feminine camareira, feminine plural camareiras)
- chamberlain