seneschal
nounAn official in a medieval noble household in charge of domestic arrangements and the administration of servants; a steward or major-domo.
nounFormerly, an officer in the household of a prince or dignitary, who had the superintendence of domestic ceremonies and feasts; a majordomo; a steward.
nounAn officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands.
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the chief steward or butler of a great household
