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castellan

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cas·tel·lan  (kst-ln)
n.
The keeper or governor of a castle.

[Middle English castelain, from Norman French, from Medieval Latin castellnus, from Latin, of a fortress, from castellum, stronghold; see castle.]

castellan [ˈkæstɪlən]
n
(Military / Fortifications) Rare a keeper or governor of a castle Also called chatelain
[from Latin castellānus, from castellum castle]
Translations
castellan
nSchlossvogt m, → Kastellan m


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The host fancied he called him Castellan because he took him for a "worthy of Castile," though he was in fact an Andalusian, and one from the strand of San Lucar, as crafty a thief as Cacus and as full of tricks as a student or a page.
 
 
 
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