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castellans

castellans is the plural of castellan.

Meaning of castellan

Noun

castellan (plural castellans)

  1. (obsolete) A feudal lord with a fortified manor.
  2. (historical) The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord.
    • The inferior secular senators are ninety-two, containing the ten crown-officers, and eighty-two castellans. The latter are again divided into thirty-three great castellans, and forty-nine little castellans.1851, Luther Calvin Saxton, Fall of Poland, volume 2, Charles Scribner, page 442

Questions about castellans

What is castellans the plural of?
Castellans is the plural of castellan.

Words near castellans in the dictionary

  1. castellanies
  2. Castellanis
  3. castellano
  4. castellanos
  5. Castellanoses
  6. castellans
  7. castellanship
  8. castellanships
  9. castellanus
  10. castellany
  11. castellar

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