major-domo

A form of majordomo — The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.

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Meanings

nounmajor-domo (plural major-domos)

plural major-domos

  1. alternativeAlternative form of majordomo: chief servant of a large house; a similar position in other contexts.
    1 more example

    As the other persons in the Castle, on whom such tasks were delegated, readily imitated the prudential conduct of the major-domo, there was little controul used towards Roland Græme, who, of course, learned no more than what a very active mind, and a total impatience of absolute idleness, led him to acquire upon his own account, and by dint of his own exertions.

    1820, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 74

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe chief steward or butler of a great household

Similar
seneschal
Broader
servantretainer
Also see
seneschal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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