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  • noun A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house.
  • noun Any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle.
  • noun An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in Bordeaux.

Etymologies

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Originated 1730–40. Borrowing from French château, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum.

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