3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bedchamber \Bed"cham`ber\, n. A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Lords of the bedchamber}, eight officers of the royal household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week each. [Eng.] {Ladies of the bedchamber}, eight ladies, all titled, holding a similar official position in the royal household, during the reign of a queen. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: bedchamber n : a room used primarily for sleeping [syn: {bedroom}, {sleeping room}, {chamber}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bed-chamber an apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the upper end and sometimes along the sides, on which were laid mattresses. This was the general arrangement of the public sleeping-room for the males of the family and for guests, but there were usually besides distinct bed-chambers of a more private character (2 Kings 4:10; Ex. 8:3; 2 Kings 6:12). In 2 Kings 11:2 this word denotes, as in the margin of the Revised Version, a store-room in which mattresses were kept.
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