Definition of "chatelaine" [chat•e•laine]

• 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)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He’d spent a good hour looking up the word chatelaine in the dictionary."
• "Carega, newly appointed chatelaine of Castle Vitre, had watched her through the Thenglass."
• "It was no wonder the chatelaine had instructed the child to withhold the flask save the three times."