Definition of "castellan" [cas•tel•lan]

• The keeper or governor of a castle. (noun)

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• "On the third of these days she called the castellan to her for a talk, and asked him what he thought of it, this delay of his lords 'return."
• "On the third of these days she called the castellan to her for a talk, and asked him what he thought of it, this delay of his lords’ return."
• "Christopher Radziwill, the "castellan" of the realm, endeavoring to make peace between the factions, stealthily crept from camp to camp, but evening deepened into night, and still the famous election cry, "_Zgoda!"