castellan

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A feudal lord with a fortified manor. obsolete
  2. The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord. historical
    — The inferior secular senators are ninety-two, containing the ten crown-officers, and eighty-two castellans. The latter are again divided into thirty-three great castellans, and forty-nine little castellans.

词形变化

castellans plural

词汇关系

近义词
chatelain
衍生词
castellanship castellany castellate

词源

From Middle English castelain, from Old French castelain (compare modern châtelain), from Latin castellanus (“pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a castle, or a governor of a castle”), from castellum castle, citadel, diminutive of castrum fortified place. See castle. By surface analysis, Old French castel + -an and castle + -an. Doublet of Castilian, castellano, castellanus, and chatelain /chatelaine.
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