2. Noun. (colloquial) (plural of château) ¹
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Definition of Chateaus
1. chateau [n] - See also: chateau
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chateaus
Literary usage of Chateaus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the by Archibald Alison (1849)
"In the space of a few days sixty-seven chateaus in the districts Maconnais and
... country on both sides of the Saone, burning and destroying chateaus and ..."
2. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC by Archibald Alison (1853)
"But nothing in these frightful days equalled the atrocities which were committed
by the insurgent peasants upon the inmates of the chateaus, which they ..."