Definition of "seneschal" [sen•es•chal]

• An official in a medieval noble household in charge of domestic arrangements and the administration of servants; a steward or major-domo. (noun)

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• "But, lobsters and lollipops! it is a good thing the seneschal was a pompous fool."
• "Edward VI notwithstanding, and that the holding of wardmotes in the borough would materially interfere with the duties of an ancient officer known as a seneschal or steward of Southwark, the petition could not be complied with, except by application to the legislature, and that such a course would neither be expedient or advisable."
• "He was ushered by Benoit, the elderly body-servant, rather grandiloquently called the seneschal, into the ground-floor room known traditionally as the library."