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1. (n.) seneschal
a steward in charge of the household of a medieval prince or dignitary.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < MF < Frankish; cf. ML seniscalcus senior servant, c. OHG senescalh (sene- old, senior+scalh servant))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) major-domo, seneschal
the chief steward or butler of a great household
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1. (noun) seneschal
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
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1. seneschal
an important functionary at the courts of Frankish princes, whose duty it was to superintend household feasts and ceremonies, functions equivalent to those of the English High Steward.
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