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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

;

pl.

Chateux

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[F.

château

a castle. See

A castle or a fortress in France.

A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman’s country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence;

as, the

chateau

of the Louvre; the

chateau

of the Luxembourg

☞ The distinctive, French term for a fortified castle of the middle ages is château-fort.

‖Chateau en Espagne

[F.]

a castle in Spain, that is, a castle in the air, Spain being the region of romance.