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chatelain
chat·e·lain [ shátt'l àyn ] (plural chat·e·lains)


noun 
Definition:
 
master of large house: formerly, a man who owned or controlled a castle or other large house
[15th century. Via French châtelain< medieval Latin castellanus (see castellan)]
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