donjon

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However, both donjon and dungeon originally referred to and still refer to, secondarily, a castle keep.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2017

Turning to Google, I learned that the English word dungeon emerged several centuries ago from the French donjon, which in turn is thought to have descended from dominio, which is Latin for lord or master.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2017

Oldest part of the grim little hamlet was a "broch tower": a crude donjon keep.

From Time Magazine Archive

As likely as not those jars are all licensed, and for that boy to have parted with his would have landed us both in a donjon keep.

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow

“We’ve got a right to talk as loudly as we like, I take it, being alone in a dark old donjon keep!”

From The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf by Gordon, Harry