chatelain
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noun
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Origin of chatelain
< Middle French < Latin castellānus castellan
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Louis XIV was not the last of royal race to accept the Chateau de Maintenon's hospitality for the unhappy Charles X was obliged to ask shelter of its chatelain for himself and fleeing family.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche
From the registers of the chateau, under date of December 10, 1809, the following, which concerned a hunting party given by the chatelain, is extracted verbatim.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche
Her father was sent for first of all, and he came to court in handsome style, like a great lord and a chatelain.
From Four Arthurian Romances by Comfort, William Wistar
He was there more than fifteen days or the prince would speak with him because of the chatelain of Amposte and his men, who were against him in the battle of Poitiers.
From Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) by Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed
Monsieur le Maire told us that the chatelain came often, and never forgot to invite him to meet the guests at the castle.
From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams
Moonlight was sufficient to read inscriptions that set forth in detail the pedigree of the chatelains.
From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams
When feudalism, through the formation of larger political units by the extension of kingly rights, began to decline, the chatelains preserved their prestige by supporting the propaganda to redeem the Holy Sepulcher.
From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams
The chatelains were marquesses and counts and knights of Malta and seigneurs of a dozen domains of the northlands as well as of Provence.
From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams
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