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4/21/2024, 9:31 PM Paradiso36
12/12/2023, 4:43 PM Paradiso36

Name Kämmerer
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage German
Other Forms FormsKaemmerer, Kaemmer, Kammer, Kammerherr, Kemmerer, Kaemmerling, Kaemmler, Kemmerling, Kemmler, Kamerer, Kamer, Cammerer, Caemmerer, Cammer, Camer, Camerer
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Meaning & History

from Middle High German kamerære "chamberlain" (from kamere "chamber") a status name for the treasurer of a court monastery a great household or a city and in Switzerland for the manager of a church property a so-called Widem. German cognate of Chamberlain.
Added 12/12/2023 by Paradiso36