CASTELLAN

Definition: CASTELLAN

CASTELLAN

Noun

1. A governor or warden of a castle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "CASTELLAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Specialty Definitions: CASTELLAN

Domain	Definitions
Public Administration	A keeper or Governor of a castle. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: CASTELLAN

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Keeper	Noun: keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar, durwan, hayward; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper.
Servant	Bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: CASTELLAN

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The Castellan will have me shot, sir. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: CASTELLAN

"CASTELLAN" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "CASTELLAN" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	83.33%	10	111,207
Adjective (general or positive)	16.67%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	12	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: CASTELLAN

The following table summarizes the usage of "CASTELLAN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Castellan	Last name	170	47,991
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CASTELLAN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
castellan de mas	3
gilbert castellan	3
castellan	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: CASTELLAN

Language		Translations for "CASTELLAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏آمر القلعة. (various references)

Bulgarian		управител на замък (seneschal), кастелан. (various references)

Dutch		slotvoogd (chatelain), Rijksslotvoogd (chatelain). (various references)

French		castillan (Castilian, Castillian), gouverneur des châteaux. (various references)

German		kastellan (caretaker, janitor, steward), schlossvogt (chatelain), Burgvogt. (various references)

Hungarian		várnagy (reeve). (various references)

Italian		castellano (lord of a castle). (various references)

Pig Latin		astellancay

Portuguese		castelão, governador de castelo. (various references)

Romanian		castelan (chatelain). (various references)

Russian		кастелян. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kastelan. (various references)

Swedish		kastellan. (various references)

Turkish		kale muhafızı, kale kumandanı. (various references)

Vietnamese		người cai quản th� nh trì người cai quản lâu đ� i. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: CASTELLAN

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	castellanus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: CASTELLAN

Derivations
	Words beginning with "CASTELLAN": castellans. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"CASTELLAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caselli, Casselman, castalian, Casteli, castelian, castella, castellain, Castellana, Castellane, Castellaneta, Castellani, castellano, castellas, Castelle, Castellet, Castellina, Castellon, castellum, Castilla, Castillan, castillane, Castlelaw, Castleman, Catella, cautela, cautella, Coutelan, Kastell, Kestelman, Kostelka, mastellar. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "CASTELLAN"

Words rhyming with "CASTELLAN" (pronounced 'Cas"tel*lan'): Alan, Atellan, Brelan, Castillan, Catalan, Chulan, Clan, 'Elan, Hortulan, Kalan, Koulan, Ortolan, Oxalan, Pollan, Raglan, Rataplan, Uhlan, Xylan, Xylophilan, Yulan. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CASTELLAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-l-l-n-s-t"
	-1 letter: analects, callants, canellas, lacteals.
	-2 letters: acetals, anlaces, callans, callant, callets, canella, cantles, catenas, centals, lactase, lacteal, lactean, lancets, sealant.
	-3 letters: acetal, alants, alates, anlace, ansate, ascent, aslant, calesa, callan, callas, callet, canals, cantle, castle, catena, cental, centas, cleans, cleats, eclats, enacts, lanate, lances, lancet, latens, sallet, sancta, secant, stance, stella.
	-4 letters: aceta, acnes, alane.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-l-l-n-s-t"
	+1 letter: castellans, placentals.
	+2 letters: ancestrally, cantillates, carnallites.
	+3 letters: hallucinates, semantically.
	+4 letters: anticlericals, asyndetically, cancellations, interglacials, reallocations, sacramentally.
	+5 letters: anesthetically, antiseptically, calculatedness, cleanabilities, lexicalisation, pleonastically, recalculations, transplacental, ultramasculine.
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