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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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Origin of chatelain

< Middle French < Latin castellānus castellan

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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

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

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

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

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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