chat‧e‧laine /ˈʃætl-eɪn/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: châtelaine, from Latin castellana, from castellum; ⇒ castle]
formal the female owner, or wife of the owner, of a castle or large country house in France
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