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.
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Majordomo
//ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒɚˈdoʊ.moʊ//
Synonyms for "majordomo" (22 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (11)
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Translations
39 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ծառայապետ noun (head servant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- иконом noun (head servant)
Catalan
1 entries- majordom noun (head servant)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 管家 noun (head servant)
Czech
1 entries- majordomus noun (head servant)
Finnish
4 entries- hovimestari noun (head servant)
- kymppi noun (any overseer, organizer, person in command)
- pehtori noun (manager of an estate; overseer of a farm)
- päällikkö noun (any overseer, organizer, person in command)
French
1 entries- majordome noun (head servant)
German
4 entries- Aufseher noun (any overseer, organizer, person in command)
- Geschäftsführer noun (any overseer, organizer, person in command)
- Gutsverwalter noun (manager of an estate; overseer of a farm)
- Haushälter noun (head servant)
Ido
2 entries- domochefo noun (head servant)
- majordomo noun (head servant)
Italian
1 entries- maggiordomo noun (head servant)
Macedonian
2 entries- дворски управник noun (head servant)
- мајордо́мо noun (head servant)
Polish
1 entries- majordomus noun (head servant)
Portuguese
1 entries- mordomo noun (head servant)
Romanian
1 entries- vătaf noun (head servant)
Russian
3 entries- дворе́цкий noun (head servant)
- домоправи́тель noun (head servant)
- мажордо́м noun (head servant)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- газда noun (manager of an estate; overseer of a farm)
- дворски управник noun (head servant)
- мајордом noun (head servant)
- надзорник noun (any overseer, organizer, person in command)
Spanish
1 entries- mayordomo noun (head servant)
Turkish
1 entries- kahya noun (head servant)
Urdu
1 entries- خانساماں noun (head servant)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
In return for ruling over the king's palace, serving as the monarch's alter ego in the domestic sphere, and bearing the burden of accountability, the majordomo was compensated amply.
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She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate.
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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.
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