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castellan|ˈkɑːstələn, ˈkæst-|
Forms: 4–5 castellin, -elleyn, 4–7 castellaine, 5–7 castelane, 7, 9 castellane, castelyn, castelain, castelan, 7– castellan. See also chatelain.
[ME. castelain a. ONF. castelain (mod.F. châtelain = Pr. and Sp. castellan, It. castellano):—L. castellan-us, f. castellum castle, the current form is refashioned after L. or Sp.]
The governor or constable of a castle.
1393Gower Conf. I. 184 Of this castell was castellaine Elda the kinges chamberlaine. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 2735 The Castelleyn That of the prison was wardeyn. 1591Garrard Art Warre 48 It is not lawful for the Castellane to leave his Castle. 1641Termes de la Ley 47. 1678 Lond. Gaz. No. 1286/2 The Comptroller and Castelyn of the Princes Hof to continue. 1684Scanderbeg Rediv. i. 5 His Father being James Sobiesky Castellan of Cracovia. 1827F. Cooper Prairie I. xii. 178 Obliged to constitute the girl herself castellain. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India (1845) I. 173 The castellans of the forts of Kalinjar and Ajaygerh. 1876Green Short Hist. iii. §1 (1882) 129 The piety of the Norman Castellans rebuilt almost all the parish churches of the city [Oxford].
Hence castellanship.
1885J. H. Round in Dict. Nat. Biog. IV. 33/1 He was..restored to his shrievalty and castellanship. |