Obs. exc. Hist. Forms: 5 chastelyn, chastlayne, 5–6 chasteleyne, 7 chastellan, 8–9 -lain, 9 chastelain. See also CASTELLAN, CHATELAIN. [In ME. chasteleyn, a. OF. chastelain:—L. castellān-us CASTELLAN.]

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  The governor or keeper of a castle; = CASTELLAN.

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c. 1400.  Rom. Rose, 6330. Now am I knyght, now chasteleyne.

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c. 1440.  Generydes, 1520. Furth in his waye goth now the Chastelyn.

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1494.  Fabyan, VII. 463. The chasteleyne of Beauuays.

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1614.  Selden, Titles Hon., 249. In the Territorie of Cracow, the Chastellan is before the Palatin.

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1795.  Southey, Joan of Arc, X. 277. Chastellains.

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1852.  Miss Yonge, Cameos (1876), II. ii. 15. The chastelain offered to set his prisoner free.

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