Definition of Majordomo

1. n. A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.

Definition of Majordomo

1. Noun. The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler. ¹

2. Noun. (US Southwest) A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate. ¹

3. Noun. (chiefly US) Any overseer, organizer, person in command. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Majordomo

1. [n -MOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Majordomo

major third
major thirds
major tranquilizer
major tranquilliser
major tranquillizer
major triad
major triads
majorant
majorants
majorat
majorate
majorated
majorates
majorating
majorats
majordomo (current term)
majordomos
majored
majorette
majorettes
majoring
majoritarian
majoritarian democracy
majoritarianism
majoritarians
majoritarily
majorite
majorites
majoritic
majorities

Literary usage of Majordomo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"That evil fellow, my mortal foe, Messer Pier Francesco Ricci, majordomo of the Duke, took great pains to find out how the affair had gone. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... is one of the missionaries who furnished Father Jean- urer) and the majordomo of the Vatican, who are Baptiste du Halde with the ..."

3. The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1900)
"... a Cardinal—Other Rewards bestowed on him—Dispute with the majordomo—An Irruption into the Royal Apartment—The Cardinal thrashed—Extraordinary Scene. ..."

4. Rome, Ancient and Modern, and Its Environs: And Its Environs by Jeremiah Donovan (1844)
"The majordomo implored the Pope to liberate him from his awkward position; but his Holiness replied that he had no power to release from hell, ..."

5. Boccaccio: Comic Opera in Three Acts by Franz von Suppé, Giovanni Boccaccio, Richard Genée, F. Zell (1884)
"We 1 majordomo. The gentleman who always came to you w;is no other than the ... Is it possible 1 majordomo. Why 1 PERON. What is the matter with you now t ..."

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