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château†
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Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
in French Canada, the residence of a governor or a seigneur.
See: seigneur
Quotations
<i>c</i>1821
The grand entrance to the château is flanked on one side by this grim mouldering pile, and on the other by the stables. . . .
1839
The eldest son, by right, takes the château, and the yard adjoining it. . . .
1889
Durham Terrace . . . is built on the foundation arches of the old Palais Saint Louis, the chateau of the early French Governors.