Castellan meaning

kăs'tə-lən
The keeper or governor of a castle.
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The warden or governor of a castle.
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The governor or caretaker of a castle or keep.
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Origin of castellan

  • Middle English castelain from Norman French from Medieval Latin castellānus from Latin of a fortress from castellum stronghold castle
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Old French castelain, French châtelain, Latin castellanus pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a castle, Latin, a governor of a castle, from Latin castellum castle, citadel, diminutive of castrum fortified place. See castle and compare chatelaine.
    From Wiktionary

Castellan Sentence Examples

  • The first castellan of this new stronghold was Giraldus de Windsor, husband of the Princess Nest of South Wales and grandfather of Giraldus Cambrensis.

  • That of "count" was, as Luchaire points out, "equivocal" even as late as the 12th century; any castellan of moderate rank could style himself comte who in the next century would have been called seigneur (dominus).

  • Meanwhile Dozsa had captured the city and fortress of Csanad, and signalized his victory by impaling the bishop and the castellan.

  • The translation was executed by Jan Koszycki, as the printer informs us in the preface, and the work is dedicated to Anna Wojnicka, the wife of a castellan.

  • JAN KAROL CHODKIEWICZ (1560-1621), Polish general, was the son of Hieronymus Chodkiewicz, castellan of Wilna.

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