seneschal
Meanings
Plural: seneschals
Noun
- the chief steward or butler of a great household
- A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
- 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.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
major-domo, steward
Scrabble Score: 14
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Words With Friends Score: 16
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