chatelain

American  

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

noun

plural

chatelains

1. a castellan.

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chatelain British  

/ ʃɑtlɛ̃, ˈʃætəˌleɪn /

noun

1. the keeper or governor of a castle

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Etymology

Origin of chatelain

< Middle French < Latin castellānus castellan

Example Sentences

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

"Qu'il avait de bon vin le Seigneur chatelain!"

From Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso by Bache, Constance

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

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