chapelman en · NOUN
Etymology
From chapel + man.
Meanings
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A clergyman; an official from a chapel.
That month, the king's chapelman William Cornish was waylaid and beaten up by Empson's men and immured in the Fleet, the notorious debtors' prison […]
2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 163:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chapelmen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |