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Definition of chatelaine in English: chatelainenoun ˈʃatəleɪnˈʃædlˌeɪn dated 1A woman in charge of a large house. Example sentencesExamples - Anyone who has visited the house in recent years can't fail to have been impressed by its garden and its chatelaine, Marylyn Abbott.
- A large oil painting of the chatelaine hangs in the dining room, overlooking a lavishly laid table.
- The chatelaine waited patiently and loyally for him to return and take possession of her gift.
- But times have changed and the chatelaine, Lucinda Shaw Stewart, has diversified into other businesses, like so many other members of the landed gentry.
- This is an event in the spirit of the teas once held by Martha Black when she was the chatelaine of the house and her husband was the Commissioner.
- 1.1historical A set of short chains attached to a woman's belt, used for carrying keys or other items.
Example sentencesExamples - Valerian pulled her brown and green prayer beads from her chatelaine chain, bringing them to her lips.
- A good example is the typical late eighteenth-century verge watch attached to a nineteenth-century chatelaine.
- He could tell Emily was restive, eager to belt on her chatelaine's keys and rush off to primp the cushions.
Origin Mid 19th century: from French châtelaine, feminine of châtelain 'castellan', from medieval Latin castellanus (see chatelain). Definition of chatelaine in US English: chatelainenounˈʃædlˌeɪnˈSHadlˌān dated 1A woman in charge of a large house. Example sentencesExamples - A large oil painting of the chatelaine hangs in the dining room, overlooking a lavishly laid table.
- The chatelaine waited patiently and loyally for him to return and take possession of her gift.
- But times have changed and the chatelaine, Lucinda Shaw Stewart, has diversified into other businesses, like so many other members of the landed gentry.
- This is an event in the spirit of the teas once held by Martha Black when she was the chatelaine of the house and her husband was the Commissioner.
- Anyone who has visited the house in recent years can't fail to have been impressed by its garden and its chatelaine, Marylyn Abbott.
- 1.1historical A set of short chains attached to a woman's belt, used for carrying keys or other items.
Example sentencesExamples - A good example is the typical late eighteenth-century verge watch attached to a nineteenth-century chatelaine.
- He could tell Emily was restive, eager to belt on her chatelaine's keys and rush off to primp the cushions.
- Valerian pulled her brown and green prayer beads from her chatelaine chain, bringing them to her lips.
Origin Mid 19th century: from French châtelaine, feminine of châtelain ‘castellan’, from medieval Latin castellanus (see chatelain). |