Donjon

Quick meaning: Donjon is a noun meaning The fortified tower and main residence of a motte or early castle; a keep.

Meaning

The fortified tower and main residence of a motte or early castle; a keep.

Example Sentences

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.

[…] 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.

Word Forms

• donjons

Synonyms for donjon

Depending on context, synonyms include keep, dungeon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dungeon, keep, bastion, citadel, fortress, castlet.

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