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| chat·e·laine [ shátt'l àyn ] (plural chat·e·laines) |
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1. U.S. woman with large household: a woman who is the head of a large fashionable household
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2. mistress of large house: formerly, a woman who owned or controlled a castle or other large house
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3. woman's chain key: a chain and clasp formerly worn at the waist by a woman to hold keys and other small items
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| [Mid-19th century. < French châtelaine, feminine of châtelain (see chatelain)] |
