castellan: difference between revisions

From {{inh|en|enm|castelain}}, from {{der|en|fro|castelain}} (compare modern {{m|fr|châtelain}}), from {{der|en|la|castellanus||pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a castle, or a governor of a castle}}, from {{m|la|castellum}} castle, citadel, diminutive of {{m|la|castrum}} fortified place. See {{m|en|castle}}. {{doublet|en|Castilian|castellano|castellanus|chatelain}} and compare {{m|en|chatelaine}}.

* {{IPA|en|/ˈkæstənˈkæstələn/|/ˈkæstɪlən/}}

# The{{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[governor]]feudal or [[caretakerlord]] ofwith a [[castlefortified]] or [[keepmanor]].

#* '''{{quote-book|en|year=1851''', |author=Luther Calvin Saxton, ''|title=Fall of Poland'', Volume |volume=2, |publisher=Charles Scribner, [|pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=lFhEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA442&dq=%22castellans%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5lMmIu_7YAhUDFZAKHbrCDx8Q6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=%22castellans%22&f=false |page =442],

#*: |passage=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'''.}}

#* '''{{quote-book|en|year=2003''', |author=Benno Teschke, ''|title=The Myth of 1648: Class, Geopolitics, and the Making of Modern International Relations'', |publisher=Verso, [|pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=U27U8uWbOeIC&pg=PA86&dq=%22castellan%22%7C%22castellans%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIlJjZtP7YAhWCqZAKHQ0_B0sQ6AEIQTAF#v=onepage&q=%22castellan%22%7C%22castellans%22&f=false |page =86],

#*: |passage='''Castellans''', often exercising control over a few villages and half a dozen small lordships, transformed their banal lordships into quasi-sovereign mini-states, independent of royal or comital sanction or control.}}

#* '''{{quote-book|en|year=2015''', |author=Christine Shaw, ''|title=Barons and '''Castellans''': The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy'', {{|publisher=w|:Koninklijke Brill}}, [|pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UgsSBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA47&dq=%22castellan%22%7C%22castellans%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIlJjZtP7YAhWCqZAKHQ0_B0sQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=%22castellan%22%7C%22castellans%22&f=false |page =47],

#*: |passage=The wave of attacks on the '''castellans''' in 1511 followed faction-fighting in Udine, in which '''castellans''' and their families were massacred by supporters of the Savorgnan.}}

====Related termsSynonyms====

* {{l|en|castellanychatelain}}

* Albanian: {{t+|sq|kështjellar|m}}

* BulgarianArabic: {{t|bgar|управител[[حَاكِم]] на замък[[قَلْعَة]]|m}}, {{t|bgar|кастелан[[حَاكِم]] [[قِلْعَة]]|m}}

* French: {{t+|fr|châtelain|m}}

* German: {{t+|de|Kastellan|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καστελάνος|m|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|πυργοδεσπότης|m|}}

* PolishJapanese: {{t+|plja|kasztelan 城主|mtr=じょうしゅ, jōshu}}

* {{qualifier|Rumantsch Grischun}} {{lalt|rm|chastellan||Rumantsch Grischun}}

* {{qualifier|Sutsilvan}} {{lalt|rm|castelàn||Sutsilvan}}

* {{qualifier|Puter}} {{lalt|rm|chastlaun||Puter}}

* {{qualifier|Vallader}} {{lalt|rm|chastlan||Vallader}}