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- noun Plural form of
chatelain .
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Examples
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Unluckily, at Savigny, as in most of those gorgeous Parisian summer palaces, which the parvenus in commerce and speculation have made their prey, the chatelains were not in harmony with the chateau.
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And the Count replied: That it could not be; for that, when the chatelains were placed in them, they were made to swear on the holy relics, not to surrender any of the castles for the deliverance of any man's person.
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Unluckily, at Savigny, as in most of those gorgeous Parisian summer palaces, which the parvenus in commerce and speculation have made their prey, the chatelains were not in harmony with the chateau.
Fromont and Risler — Complete Alphonse Daudet 1868
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ORIGET, famous Tours physician; known to the Mortsaufs, chatelains of
Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 2 Anatole Cerfberr 1865
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"That is to say you can readily distinguish a fortress from a simple fortification, such as is allowed to _chatelains_ or vassals?"
The Vicomte De Bragelonne Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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