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Meanings of châtelaine in English

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châtelain

French title for the keeper of a castle.

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Examples for "castellan"
1
Young Lord Stokeworth's castellan granted her hospitality, but only for a night.
Dangerous Women
2
Only the old castellan and I remained behind, to overlook the work.
The Youth of the Great Elector
3
Our lady is going to be her own castellan for the present.
At Agincourt
4
The castellan remained there and listened until the count's footsteps died away.
Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel
5
The lad was being fostered by Lord Renly's castellan at Storm's End.
A Game of Thrones
1
Had it been I, châtelain, thy suspicions would have a better show of reason.
The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
2
She presented her to the châtelain, with a dignity so calm and quiet, that the latter found it oppressive!
The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
3
The châtelain, the prior, the bailiff, the clavier, and the Baron de Willading, looked at each other like men bewildered.
The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
4
As there is nothing against the laws of Valais in the matter, I trust to stand acquitted, châtelain, for my frankness.
The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
5
The châtelain was again surprised; for the steadiness of the reply denoted innocence, and he studied the countenance of the prisoner intently.
The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
Usage of châtelaine in English
1
For once in a way, the vivacious châtelaine of Hale Castle was almost cross.
The Lovels of Arden
2
Bessie carried the keys: she was châtelaine, seneschal and cicerone, all rolled in one.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
3
Nothing could exceed the sweet and noble simplicity of the young châtelaine in giving her orders.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales
4
So far, however, she had no cause to distrust her châtelaine's honour, nor even her judgment.
The Forest Lovers
5
At the moment he was thinking of some fair-faced châtelaine roaming under the battlements of a donjon.
The Aspirations of Jean Servien
6
Eat we must, and drink we must, in the beautiful hall evidently used as a sitting-room by the absent châtelaine.
The Princess Passes
7
What about the châtelaine?
Jewels
8
She went about her far-from-arduous commissions in leisurely fashion, now and then glancing at her châtelaine watch to make sure of the time.
Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman
9
Lanoë, who was returning to Glatigny in the evening, was surprised to meet the châtelaine of La Bijude in a little wood near Clair-Tizon.
The House of the Combrays
10
Purse or bag or châtelaine;
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919.
11
Mrs. Wedmore began to feel like a châtelaine of the Cavalier party, with the Roundhead army at the doors clamoring for her husband's blood.
The Wharf by the Docks: A Novel
12
And had she not conveyed to him in delicate, generous words how gladly she would see his sweet English friend established there as châtelaine?
The Chink in the Armour
13
Another light lady, Nancy Dawson, is also said to have lived there as its châtelaine, under the "protection" of the Duke of Newcastle.
The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
14
All New France will honor you as the Châtelaine de Repentigny!
The Golden Dog
15
The thirteenth was Countess of Hauterive, Châtelaine of High March, Lady of Morgraunt, etc.
The Forest Lovers
16
Think of all who buy the patent health-restorer, the Dupuytren pomatum, the Châtelaine's water, etc.
Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, par...
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châtelain
Châtelaine through the time