Chatelaine (noun) (dated)
shat-e-layn
A woman in charge of a large house.
Mid 19th century from French châtelaine, feminine of châtelain ‘castellan’, from medieval Latin castellanus
Example sentences
“A large painting of the chatelaine hangs in the hallway.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
