CASTELLAN, noun A governor or constable of a castle. In Poland, the name of a dignity or charge; a kind of lieutenant of a province, commanding part of a palatinate under a palatine. The castellans are senators, of the lower class, sitting, in the diets, on low seats behind the palatines.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.