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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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s army in the meantime approached Lincoln city on the side nearest the castle, and when it was discovered by the castellans they sent a messenger by a postern door of the castle to the commanders of the army, to inform them of what was being done inside.
Whilst these events were passing here, William Marshall, the guardian of the king and kingdom, by the advice of Walo the legate, Peter bishop of Winchester, and others by whose counsels the business of the kingdom was arranged, persuaded the castellans belonging to the king.
The republic was designed as an elective monarchy with a bicameral parliament composed of the appointive Senate, in which castellans, palatines, and bishops were represented, and the elective Sejm (the Diet), which consisted of the szlachta's envoys.
 
 
 
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