Chatelain Definition

shătl-ān
noun

Castellan.

Webster's New World
The master of a castle; a castellan.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Chatelain

Noun

Singular:
chatelain
Plural:
chatelains

Origin of Chatelain

  • Middle English chatelein from Old French chastelain from Latin castellānus from castellum castle castle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French châtelain, itself from château (“castle”)

    From Wiktionary

Chatelain Sentence Examples

  • In the nth century a burgrave (chatelain, castellanus), who was an episcopal officer, is found exercising jurisdiction in the city as well as the Vogt.

  • The Chatelain de Coucy (see above) did not belong to the house of the lords of Coucy, but was castellan of the castle of that name.

  • Poole's Illustrations of the History of Mediaeval Thought (1884), while much light is thrown upon the minuter history of the period by the Chartularium Universitatis Parisiensis edited by Denifle and Chatelain in 1894, by Haureau's Notices et extraits de quelques MS. latins de la Bibliotheque Nationale (6 vols., 1890-1895) and by the Beitrage zur Geschichte d.

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