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Chastain

Chastain proper noun: a surname from French.

Proper noun

Chastain (countable and uncountable, plural Chastains)

  1. A surname from French.
    • The first line of dialogue is from an off-screen Field Commander Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), asking the team to stay in sight and “make NASA proud”.2016 August 31, “GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney”, in Industrial Scripts, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2026
  2. An unincorporated community in Thomas County, Georgia, United States.

Forms of Chastain

pluralChastains
alternative formChasteen
alternative formChestang

Origin of Chastain

Borrowed from French Chastain, derived from the Old French chastaigne (“chestnut”).

Questions about Chastain

What does Chastain mean?
Chastain means a surname from French.
What part of speech is Chastain?
Chastain is a proper noun.

Words near Chastain in the dictionary

  1. chasséing
  2. chassés
  3. chassés-croisés
  4. chast
  5. Chastacosta
  6. Chastain
  7. Chastains
  8. chaste
  9. chaste tree
  10. chaste trees
  11. chasteberries

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