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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1504-1506
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Chamerare, Chamire(i)r, n. [Variant of Chaumerare.] A chambermaid. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 632.
Melancia … hyre chamerare had redy than, That fals witnes can her bere 1504 Treasurer's Accounts II. 338.
To Margret the chamirer, hir half ȝeris fee 1506 Ib. III. 120.
To Mergreit, the chamireir
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