a steward of the household of a medieval prince or nobleman who took charge of domestic arrangements, etc
2. British
a cathedral official
Word origin
C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin siniscalcus, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German senescalh oldest servant, from sene- old + scalh a servant
seneschal in American English
(ˈsɛnəʃəl)
noun
a steward or major-domo in the household of a medieval noble
Word origin
OFr < Frank siniskalk, oldest servant < *sini, old (for IE base see senate) + skalk, servant (for IE base see marshal)
Examples of 'seneschal' in a sentence
seneschal
Lansar Raasharu, my father's seneschal, sat there, too, along with Mesh's other greatest lords.
David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE (2002)