castelão
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese castelão (compare Galician castelán), from Latin castellānus, corresponding to castelo + -ão.
Noun
castelão m (plural castelãos or castelões or castelães, feminine castelã, feminine plural castelãs, feminine castelona (rare), feminine plural castelonas)
- (obsolete) a feudal lord who owns a castle
- castellan (caretaker of a castle)
Etymology 2
From Old Portuguese castelão, corresponding to Castela + -ão. Doublet of castelhano.
Noun
castelão m (plural castelãos or castelões or castelães, feminine castelã, feminine plural castelãs, feminine castelona (rare), feminine plural castelonas)
- (dated) Castilian (native of Castile, Spain)
- Synonym: castelhano
Adjective
castelão m (plural castelãos or castelões or castelães, feminine castelã, feminine plural castelãs)
- (dated) Castilian (of, from or relating to Castile)
- Synonym: castelhano
Etymology 3
From castelo + -ão.
Noun
castelão m (plural castelões)
- Augmentative of castelo