donjon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French donjon.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɒnʤən/

[edit] Noun

donjon (plural donjons)

1. The fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 132:

     [...] the prison fortress called Qomr, a mound of yellowish brick rising up from the left back of the turbid river, in whose donjon by long tradition the warlord was obliged to lay his head.

   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon, or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard.

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[edit] See also

• dungeon

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Noun

donjon m. (plural donjons)

1. donjon, keep

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Old French, from Vulgar Latin *dominio ‘lord's castle’, from Latin dominus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɔ̃ʒɔ̃/

[edit] Noun

donjon m. (plural donjons)

1. donjon, keep