Definition of major-domo in English:
major-domo
nounPlural major-domos ˌmeɪdʒəˈdəʊməʊˌmeɪdʒərˈdoʊmoʊ
The chief steward of a large household.
I twice left a message, once with Pippa and once with her major-domo, asking him to ring back
Example sentencesExamples
- Hildegardé was, unusually enough, actually acting like a major-domo.
- I was almost relieved when the household major-domo materialised from somewhere to bow and request her presence.
- In a nineteenth-century South American setting, De Flores was a major-domo of slave stock, and his resentments, sexual and social, drove the action forward.
- Up the main steps they went to the open main door where an imposing major-domo took the invitations.
- Malvolio (Des McAleer) is a haughty major-domo, but where is his festering self-love and manic insecurity?
Origin
Late 16th century: via Spanish and Italian from medieval Latin major domus 'highest official of the household'.
Definition of major-domo in US English:
major-domo
nounˌmājərˈdōmōˌmeɪdʒərˈdoʊmoʊ
The chief steward of a large household.
I twice left a message, once with Pippa and once with her major-domo, asking him to ring back
Example sentencesExamples
- I was almost relieved when the household major-domo materialised from somewhere to bow and request her presence.
- In a nineteenth-century South American setting, De Flores was a major-domo of slave stock, and his resentments, sexual and social, drove the action forward.
- Up the main steps they went to the open main door where an imposing major-domo took the invitations.
- Hildegardé was, unusually enough, actually acting like a major-domo.
- Malvolio (Des McAleer) is a haughty major-domo, but where is his festering self-love and manic insecurity?
Origin
Late 16th century: via Spanish and Italian from medieval Latin major domus ‘highest official of the household’.