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Meanings of seneschal in anglès

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senescal

Senior servant.

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        senescal
        portuguès
        mordomo
        català
        senescal
        espanyol
        mayordomo

        The chief steward or butler of a great household.

              senescal
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              Examples for "major-domo"
              Examples for "major-domo"
              1
              I allude to the housekeeper, Jean Murdock, and the major-domo, Cuthbert Allan.
              Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
              2
              You're major-domo of this outfit What you say goes-exceptabout this girl.
              Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
              3
              At the entrance to The Hall of Chiefs E-Thas, the major-domo, received her.
              The Chessmen of Mars
              4
              Here they found Bahrim, the major-domo, in their suite anxiously awaiting their return.
              In Search of El Dorado
              5
              The major-domo, however, with the wily sagacity of his race, anticipated the move.
              The Man from Brodney's
              Usage of seneschal in anglès
              1
              The seneschal bestirred himself, and the silken ministering pages fluttered round us.
              The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
              2
              And Lancelot inquires of the seneschal if he has been badly off.
              Four Arthurian Romances
              3
              Back they go disconsolate, carrying the lifeless seneschal on the shield reversed.
              Four Arthurian Romances
              4
              They were received by the seneschal of William Beauchamp, Lord of Abergavenny.
              Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
              5
              Soon Blanche went to bed, and soon said she to the seneschal-
              Droll Stories — Volume 1
              6
              The seneschal appeared, quill in one hand, tally sheet in the other.
              Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
              7
              The hand of the seneschal had scarcely been put forth, when, lo!
              Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
              8
              It was the face of Mariani, the seneschal of the Castle of Cessna.
              The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in...
              9
              Best tell your seneschal to begin making preparations for our wedding.
              A Dance with Dragons
              10
              Behind came the male domestics, and the seneschal of Halton with his train.
              Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
              11
              Upon entering the vestibule, they were shortly brought to stand before the seneschal.
              Tuck
              12
              According to the seneschal, there is a matching globe in the Kingdom Above.
              Doom of the Dragon
              13
              He hurried to his chambers below and called for his seneschal.
              Scarlet
              14
              The seneschal of the castle, Sir John Wyncliffe, requested Oswald to follow him.
              Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
              15
              Greatly there I loved a knight, named Eliduc, the seneschal of my sire.
              French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
              16
              Sir Ector asked that Sir Kay might be seneschal when Arthur was king.
              How to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to Tell
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