English dictionary
seneschal
/'s/E/n/@//S//@/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the chief steward or butler of a great household
Synonyms major-domoSource: WordNet 3.0
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An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands.
Source: webster1913