castellan

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From Middle English castelain, from Old French castelain (compare modern châtelain), from Latin castellanus (“pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a castle, or a governor of a castle”), from castellum castle, citadel, diminutive of castrum fortified place. See castle. By surface analysis, Old French castel + -an and castle + -an. Doublet of Castilian, castellano, castellanus, and chatelain /chatelaine.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kështjellar — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Arabic: حَاكِم قَلْعَة (ḥākim qalʕa) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Arabic: حَاكِم قِلْعَة (ḥākim qilʕa) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Belarusian: кашталя́н (kaštalján) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Bulgarian: управи́тел на за́мък (upravítel na zámǎk) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Bulgarian: кастела́н (kastelán) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Catalan: castellà — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Catalan: castlà — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Chinese Mandarin: 城主 (chéngzhǔ) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Czech: kastelán — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Danish: kastellan — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Dutch: kastelein — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Estonian: kastellaan — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Finnish: linnanherra — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• French: châtelain — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Friulian: cjastelan — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Galician: casteleiro — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• German: Kastellan — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Greek: καστελάνος (kastelános) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Greek: πυργοδεσπότης (pyrgodespótis) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Hungarian: várnagy — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Italian: castellano — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Japanese: 城主 (jōshu) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Korean: 성주 (seongju) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Marathi: कॅस्टेलन (kĕsṭelan) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Iranian Persian: حاکِمِ قَلْعِه (hâkem-e ġal'e) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Polish: kasztelan — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Portuguese: castelão — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Romanian: castelan — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Russian: кастеля́н (kastelján) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Serbo-Croatian: кастѐла̄н — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Serbo-Croatian: kastèlān — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Slovak: kastelán — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Slovene: kastelan — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Spanish: castellano — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Swedish: kastellan — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep
• Ukrainian: каштеля́н (kaštelján) — governor or caretaker of a castle or keep