Alias:
Cubilheira
- Lady-in-waiting or servant of the chamber (cf. Lat. cubiculum, cubicularius)
- The same as camareira, but different from camareira-mor who had added ceremonial duties.
- Gentlewoman of the bedchamber in charge of the cleanliness and good order of a noble person's room, bed, clothing, and of helping a noble person to dress or undress. See: Joaquim de Santa Rosa Viterbo, Elucidário das palavras, termos e frases que em Portugal antigamente se usaram e que hoje regularmente se ignoram, v. 1, p. 239 (Lisboa : A. J. Fernandes Lopes, 1865). [RCG]
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