majordomo in Spanish
majordomo in Spanish is mayordomo — majordomo means the chief servant or manager of a large, wealthy household.
majordomo in Spanish
mayordomo
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.
What does "majordomo" mean?
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noun The chief servant or manager of a large, wealthy household.
"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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noun A person who manages a ranch or large estate.
"She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate."
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noun Someone who is generally in charge of organising things.
"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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majordomo in a sentence
- 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.
- She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate.
- 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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What is "majordomo" in Spanish?
"majordomo" in Spanish is mayordomo. majordomo means: The chief servant or manager of a large, wealthy household.
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