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chatelain

American  
[shat-l-eyn, shahtuh-lan] / ˈʃæt lˌeɪn, ʃɑtəˈlɛ̃ /

noun

chatelains plural
  1. a castellan.


chatelain British  
/ ʃɑtlɛ̃, ˈʃætəˌleɪn /

noun

  1. the keeper or governor of a castle

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noun

Etymology

Origin of chatelain

< Middle French < Latin castellānus castellan

Example Sentences

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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

Evidently the chatelain used to enter by climbing up through Villeneuve-Loubet as we had done.

From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams

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

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

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

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