"majordomo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈdəʊ.məʊ/ [UK], /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒɚˈdoʊ.moʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-majordomo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: majordomos [plural]
Etymology: From Italian maggiordomo and Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin māior domūs (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dem-}}, {{bor|en|it|maggiordomo}} Italian maggiordomo, {{bor|en|es|mayordomo}} Spanish mayordomo, {{der|en|LL.|māior domūs||steward}} Late Latin māior domūs (“steward”), {{der|en|la|māior||main, principal}} Latin māior (“main, principal”), {{m|la|domus||household}} domus (“household”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} majordomo (plural majordomos)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (head servant): ծառայապետ (caṙayapet) (Armenian), иконом (ikonom) [masculine] (Bulgarian), majordom [masculine] (Catalan), 管家 (guǎnjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), majordomus [masculine] (Czech), hovimestari (Finnish), majordome [masculine] (French), Majordomus [masculine] (German), Hausmeier [masculine] (German), Haushälter [masculine] (German), Hausverwalter [masculine] (German), majordomo (Ido), domochefo (Ido), maggiordomo [masculine] (Italian), дворски управник (dvorski upravnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), мајордо́мо (majordómo) [masculine] (Macedonian), majordomus [masculine] (Polish), mordomo [masculine] (Portuguese), vătaf [masculine] (Romanian), мажордо́м (mažordóm) [masculine] (Russian), дворе́цкий (dvoréckij) [masculine] (Russian), домоправи́тель (domopravítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), дворски управник [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), мајордом [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mayordomo [masculine] (Spanish), kahya (Turkish), خانساماں (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-majordomo-en-noun-u~1sMkDC Disambiguation of Occupations: 41 11 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 17 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 17 34 Disambiguation of 'head servant': 68 5 27
  2. (US, Southwest) A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate. Tags: US Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-majordomo-en-noun-l3XiX372 Disambiguation of Occupations: 41 11 48 Categories (other): American English
  3. (chiefly US) Any overseer, organizer, person in command. Tags: US Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (any overseer, organizer, person in command): päällikkö (Finnish), kymppi (Finnish), Aufseher [masculine] (German), Verwalter [masculine] (German), Geschäftsführer [masculine] (German), надзорник [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), управник [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-majordomo-en-noun-qHSfPiye Disambiguation of Occupations: 41 11 48 Disambiguation of People: 27 17 56 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'any overseer, organizer, person in command': 16 4 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seneschal, major domo, major-domo Translations (manager of an estate; overseer of a farm): pehtori (Finnish), Gutsverwalter [masculine] (German), Hausverwalter [masculine] (German), газда [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), управник имања (Serbo-Croatian)
Disambiguation of 'manager of an estate; overseer of a farm': 11 47 42

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Italian maggiordomo and Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin māior domūs (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "majordomos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "majordomo (plural majordomos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict",
          "text": "Pancho, the major-domo, came up to say that Colonel Morales was waiting below. Appleby bade him bring out cigars and wine, and rose from his seat when Morales came in.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Marta VanLandingham, chapter 7, in Transforming the State: King, Court and Political Culture in the Realms of Aragon (1213-1387), page 164",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "household",
          "household"
        ],
        [
          "butler",
          "butler"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Gray A. Brechin, chapter 5, in Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin, page 212",
          "text": "She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manager",
          "manager"
        ],
        [
          "hacienda",
          "hacienda"
        ],
        [
          "ranch",
          "ranch"
        ],
        [
          "estate",
          "estate"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Southwest",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Southwest) A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 June 7, The Economic Times",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any overseer, organizer, person in command."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overseer",
          "overseer"
        ],
        [
          "organizer",
          "organizer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US) Any overseer, organizer, person in command."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈdəʊ.məʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒɚˈdoʊ.moʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "seneschal"
    },
    {
      "word": "major domo"
    },
    {
      "word": "major-domo"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "caṙayapet",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "word": "ծառայապետ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ikonom",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "иконом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majordom"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǎnjiā",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "word": "管家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majordomus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "word": "hovimestari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majordome"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Majordomus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hausmeier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Haushälter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hausverwalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "word": "majordomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "word": "domochefo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maggiordomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dvorski upravnik",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дворски управник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "majordómo",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мајордо́мо"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majordomus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mordomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vătaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mažordóm",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мажордо́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvoréckij",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дворе́цкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "domopravítelʹ",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "домоправи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дворски управник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мајордом"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mayordomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "word": "kahya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "head servant",
      "word": "خانساماں"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "manager of an estate; overseer of a farm",
      "word": "pehtori"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manager of an estate; overseer of a farm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gutsverwalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "manager of an estate; overseer of a farm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hausverwalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "manager of an estate; overseer of a farm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "газда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "manager of an estate; overseer of a farm",
      "word": "управник имања"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any overseer, organizer, person in command",
      "word": "päällikkö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any overseer, organizer, person in command",
      "word": "kymppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any overseer, organizer, person in command",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufseher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any overseer, organizer, person in command",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verwalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any overseer, organizer, person in command",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geschäftsführer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any overseer, organizer, person in command",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "надзорник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any overseer, organizer, person in command",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "управник"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "majordomo"
  ],
  "word": "majordomo"
}

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