Chatelaine

Word CHATELAINE
Character 10
Hyphenation chat e laine
Pronunciations /ˈʃætəleɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Chatelaine"

What do we mean by chatelaine?

The mistress of a castle. noun

The mistress of a large, fashionable household. noun

A clasp or chain worn at the waist for holding keys, a purse, or a watch. noun

A female castellan; the lady of the castle or château. See chatelain. noun

A chain, or group of chains, worn by castellans, by which the keys of a castle were suspended from the girdle; hence, a similar modern device for suspending watch-keys, seals, trinkets, etc.; and so, by extension, the trinkets themselves. noun

Pertaining to or of the nature of a chatelaine: as, a chatelaine watch.

An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively. noun

The mistress of a castle or large household. noun

A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women, with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached (supposed to resemble the chain of keys once worn by mediaeval chatelaines). noun

A chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc. noun

The mistress of a chateau or large country house noun

The mistress of a castle or large household.

A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached, supposed to resemble the chain of keys once worn by medieval chatelaines.

A similar thing in miniature attached to a watchchain.

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The word "chatelaine" in example sentences

He’d spent a good hour looking up the word chatelaine in the dictionary. ❋ STEF ANN HOLM (2001)

Elizabeth, retired into domestic bliss as a mother and the chatelaine of Pemberley, has lost that crucial wit and spark -- that feistiness and sense of self -- that Austen gave her and which made us love her. ❋ Alan Elsner (2011)

The lovers' sojourn in Matthew's ancestral chateau is well-done, and some of the supporting characters are marvelous, notably Matthew's mother, a vampire chatelaine. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Carega, newly appointed chatelaine of Castle Vitre, had watched her through the Thenglass. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The cats woke us promptly at 6. * wince* Had an exciting morning of bill-paying and other chatelaine work and more Wiscon organization, then off to Star Trek! ❋ Mangosteen (2009)

It was no wonder the chatelaine had instructed the child to withhold the flask save the three times. ❋ Melissa Mayhue (2011)

There was a red Morocco leather box on the table, and when she opened it, she found a lady's chatelaine watch within, complete with neckchain. ❋ Ryn Cricket (2010)

Lady Agnes Holland, the new chatelaine of Eaton Place, sweeps through her life assuming that other people – aka the lower orders – are there entirely for her convenience. ❋ Unknown (2010)

La Musarderie had a new chatelaine in place of its castellan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is half a melancholy ruin, where the present chatelaine, Lady Egremont, has created an enchanting garden, and half a Georgian house, full of treasures. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At Wolverstone Castle, Royce meets his chatelaine Minerva Chesterone, who was a young orphan his parents brought into the household. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Love-affairs had never troubled Grandy; the prospect of a divorce dismayed a man who still longed to father a male heir, and who had come to depend upon Virginia as his loyal ally and friend, the enhancer of his muted life, the chatelaine of the homes he could not–without her–envisage himself struggling to maintain. ❋ Miranda Seymour (2009)

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