chatelain

American  

[shat-l-ayn, shaht^uh-lan] / ˈʃæt lˌeɪn, ʃɑtəˈlɛ̃ /

noun

• chatelains
  plural

1. a castellan.

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chatelain British  

/ ʃɑtlɛ̃, ˈʃætəˌleɪn /

noun

1. the keeper or governor of a castle

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chatelains
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of chatelain

< Middle French < Latin castellānus castellan

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Example Sentences

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chatelain chatelains

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

From Riviera Towns by Herbert Adams Gibbons

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 Herbert Adams Gibbons

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 William Wistar Comfort

When Monsieur le Maire spoke of the chatelain, I had my opening.

From Riviera Towns by Herbert Adams Gibbons

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 Blanche McManus

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 Herbert Adams Gibbons

Moonlight was sufficient to read inscriptions that set forth in detail the pedigree of the chatelains.

From Riviera Towns by Herbert Adams Gibbons

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 Herbert Adams Gibbons

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