antichamber

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A form of antechamber — A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.

OriginMiddle French antichambre →
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Meanings

nounantichamber (plural antichambers)

plural antichambers

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of antechamber.
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    He followed his conductor, who, after leading him along two passages, ascended a flight of stairs, and, turning to the right, ushered him into another spacious, but elegant apartment, through an antichamber. […] “These, and a range of apartments to the left of the antichamber, are allotted, my lord, for your residence,” said he, […]

    1807, [Miss Guion], chapter V, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC, pages 99–100

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchantichambre
  2. Englishantichamber

From Middle French antichambre. By surface analysis, anti- (“before”) + chamber.

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APA

antichamber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antichamber

MLA

“antichamber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antichamber. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antichamber,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antichamber.

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