chatelain

noun

chat·​e·​lain ˈsha-tə-ˌlān How to pronounce chatelain (audio)

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Indeed, his one-room retreat feels a bit like a miniaturized version of a British country house inhabited by a magpie chatelain, albeit one with an inspiring ability to make magic out of the mundane. Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024 Among them is Giorgio Taroni, 77, a collector and the chatelain of a rambling 9,000-square-foot lakeside villa built in the early 1900s by his grandfather Ettore Taroni, a silk industrialist, in the region’s main city of Como. Nancy Hass Henry Bourne, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023 The former practiced medicine in the suburbs of Massachusetts; the latter, after working in marketing for Renault’s racing division, claimed his birthright as a chatelain and spent decades restoring Baronville. Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 24 June 2018

Word History

Etymology

Middle English chateleyn, from Middle French chatelaine, from Old French chastelein, castelain

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chatelain was in the 15th century

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“Chatelain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatelain. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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