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< Château-Thierry
chatelaine >
chat·e·lain
(sh
t
l-
n
)
KEY
NOUN:
The master of a castle; a castellan.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English
chatelein
, from Old French
chastelain
, from Latin
castell
nus
, from
castellum
,
castle
; see
castle
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