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Seneschal

//ˈsɛnəʃəl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.

    "Beside stood seneschals, the appointed witnesses of the ensuing games."

  2. 2
    the chief steward or butler of a great household wordnet
  3. 3
    An officer of the crown in late medieval and early modern France who served as a kind of governor and chief justice of the royal court in Normandy and Languedoc. historical

Etymology

From Middle English seneschal (recorded in English since 1393), from Old French seneschal, from Medieval Latin siniscalcus, from Frankish *siniskalk, from Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz, from Proto-Germanic *siniz (“senior”) + *skalkaz (“servant”); latter term as in marshal. As an officer of the French crown, via French sénéchal.

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