concept
Kammerjunker (Gentleman of the Bedchamber)
kammerjunker
also: камер-юнкер, gentleman-of-the-chamber
A junior court rank (Kammerjunker) in the imperial Table of Ranks, below Chamberlain (Kammerherr), granted as an honorific to well-connected young officials; Orlov very rarely wears the associated court uniform, and Pekarsky later calls him mockingly "a sphinx who's a Kammerjunker" -- an ornamental title concealing nothing of substance.
Reading notes
- An Anonymous Story §8 gentleman-of-the-chamber's uniform
Камер-юнкерский мундир: the gold-trimmed court uniform of a Kammerjunker (a junior honorific court rank -- see the glossary entity), which Orlov, as a well-connected young official, holds but almost never wears; his indifference to the honor is characteristic of his general irony toward status markers he nonetheless benefits from.