chatelaine

Example Sentences

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The conversation is interrupted momentarily when Lady Carnarvon, the estate's current chatelaine, pops by to fix herself an espresso.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2015

Deborah, who married a nobleman and became chatelaine of the vast Chatsworth estate in central England, died last week aged 94.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2014

Apparently weighed down by her responsibilities as chatelaine of Pemberley — the need to keep up appearances and propriety — she’s become earnest and dutiful, seldom speaking her mind.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2011

Then there's Sally Simpson, "the powerful editor of the best-selling magazine Celeb, she can't wait to take her rightful place by Julian's side as his new wife and glamorous chatelaine of Number 10".

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2011

Daisy found it impossible to keep her eyes off her ‘pitty aunty’, but attached herself like a lap dog to the wonderful chatelaine full of delightful charms.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott