majordomo
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majordomo
- /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈdəʊ.məʊ/ UK
- /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒɚˈdoʊ.moʊ/ US
Where it comes from
From Italian maggiordomo and Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domūs (“steward”), from Latin maior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).
noun majordomos · major domo · major-domo
- 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. Pancho, the major-domo, came up to say that Colonel Morales was waiting below. Appleby bade him bring out cigars and wine, and rose from his seat when Morales came in.
- A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate. She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate.
- Any overseer, organizer, person in command. The United Nation's climate majordomo -- tasked with herding 192 nations toward a do-or-die deal by year's end -- does not have the power to impose an agreement on how to curb greenhouse gases and cope with its consequences.
Similar: seneschal
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noun head servant
| Español | mayordomo |
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| 中文 | 管家 guǎnjiā |
| Português | mordomo |
| Français | majordome |
| Deutsch | Majordomus, Hausmeier, Haushälter, Hausverwalter |
| Italiano | maggiordomo |
| Română | vătaf |
| Русский | мажордо́м mažordóm, дворе́цкий dvoréckij, домоправи́тель domopravítelʹ |
noun manager of an estate; overseer of a farm
| Deutsch | Gutsverwalter, Hausverwalter |
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noun any overseer, organizer, person in command
| Deutsch | Aufseher, Verwalter, Geschäftsführer |
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