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chatelaine🔊

(dated) The mistress of a castle or large household.

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Cars passed her on the road; the people of the quarry town knew her and bowed to her; she was considered the chatelaine of the countryside, as her mother had been long ago.

(historical) A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached, supposed to resemble the chain of keys once worn by medieval chatelaines.

A similar thing in miniature attached to a watchchain.

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