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major-domo

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ma·jor-do·mo  (mjr-dm)
n. pl. ma·jor-do·mos
1. The head steward or butler in the household of a sovereign or great noble.
2. A steward or butler.
3. One who makes arrangements or directs affairs for another.
[Italian maggiordomo or Spanish mayordomo, both from Medieval Latin mior doms : Latin mior, chief; see meg- in Indo-European roots + Latin doms, genitive of domus, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]
major-domo
Noun
pl -mos the chief steward or butler of a great household [Medieval Latin major domus head of the household]
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Noun1.major-domomajor-domo - the chief steward or butler of a great household
seneschal
servant, retainer - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
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---Go, Hundebert,'' he added, to a sort of major-domo who stood behind him with a white wand; ``take six of the attendants, and introduce the strangers to the guests' lodging.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
It was upon the fourth day following Tara's incarceration in the tower that E-Thas, the major-domo of the palace and one of O-Tar's creatures, came to his master upon some trivial errand.
The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The major-domo to whom I reported had been given instructions to station me near the person of the jeddak, who, in time of war, is always in great danger of assassination, as the rule that all is fair in war seems to constitute the entire ethics of Martian conflict.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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