bedchamber
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedchamber
First recorded in 1325–75, bedchamber is from the Middle English word bedchaumbre. See bed, chamber
Example Sentences
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After several tries, the painting she had been trying to hang on the wall was now perfectly centered between the windows of the sunny bedchamber that was being readied for the new baby.
From Literature
Still thinking, she closed the door of her bedchamber behind her and headed toward the nursery.
From Literature
Eventually she drifted off out of sheer exhaustion, and did not wake again until Margaret tiptoed into her bedchamber with a jug of fresh water for the washbasin.
From Literature
Before that, Serra could most often be found mining France’s centuries past for mordant tableau vivants of corporeal concern, most notably in his protracted bedchamber drama “The Death of Louis XIV.”
From Los Angeles Times
Lloyd retrieved them and placed them with the binoculars in his bedchamber.
From Literature
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