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"A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate."
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"code": "axm",
"lang": "Middle Armenian",
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"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"word": "սենեսկալ"
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"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"word": "皇室總管"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"word": "皇室总管"
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"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
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"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
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"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"late",
"late"
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"medieval",
"medieval"
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[
"early modern",
"early modern"
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[
"France",
"France"
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"serve",
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"kind",
"kind"
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[
"governor",
"governor"
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[
"chief",
"chief"
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[
"justice",
"justice"
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[
"royal",
"royal"
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"court",
"court"
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"Normandy",
"Normandy"
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"(historical) An officer of the crown in late medieval and early modern France who served as a kind of governor and chief justice of the royal court in Normandy and Languedoc."
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"_dis1": "26 74",
"sense": "equivalent medieval office in northern France",
"word": "bailiff"
}
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"historical"
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"ipa": "/ˈsɛnəʃəl/"
},
{
"enpr": "sĕnʹə-shəl"
}
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"english": "dated or rare",
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"plural"
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"plural"
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}
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"word": "seneschalk"
}
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"Archaic form of seneschalk."
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{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "60 40",
"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Household",
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"A steward in charge of a nobleman's estate."
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"nobleman",
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"estate",
"estate"
]
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"name": "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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{
"_dis": "10 90",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
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"Work",
"Human",
"Human activity",
"All topics",
"Human behaviour",
"Fundamental"
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"A viceroy; one governing in place of a ruler."
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"viceroy",
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[
"ruler",
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]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsɛnɛstʃal/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛniʃal/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛnitʃal/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛniskal/"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "seneschall"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "senyschall"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "senescal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "senescall"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "synechall"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "syneschall"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "seneshal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English"
],
"word": "senesciall"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "senceall"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sencial"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "senciall"
}
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"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Middle French: seneschal, senechal"
},
{
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "sénéchal"
},
"expansion": "French: sénéchal",
"name": "desc"
}
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"args": {
"1": "axm",
"2": "սենեսկալ",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Middle Armenian: սենեսկալ (seneskal), սենէսկալ (senēskal), սենեսջալ (senesǰal), սինիջալ (siniǰal), սինէգալ (sinēgal)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle Armenian: սենեսկալ (seneskal), սենէսկալ (senēskal), սենեսջալ (senesǰal), սինիջալ (siniǰal), սինէգալ (sinēgal)"
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"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "seneschal",
"3": "seneschael",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: seneschal, seneschael",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle Dutch: seneschal, seneschael"
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"1": "nl",
"2": "seneschalk",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: seneschalk, seneschaal, seneschael, seneschalck; seneschal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: seneschalk, seneschaal, seneschael, seneschalck; seneschal"
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"args": {
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"2": "seneschal",
"3": "senescall",
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"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Middle English: seneschal, senescall, seneschall",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle English: seneschal, senescall, seneschall"
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"args": {
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},
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "senescall",
"3": "seneschall"
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"expansion": "Scots: senescall, seneschall",
"name": "desc"
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"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
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"expansion": "(obsolete)",
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}
],
"text": "Scots: senescall, seneschall (obsolete)"
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"2": "seneschalc",
"3": "sëneschalt",
"4": "seneschlant",
"5": "scheneschlant",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle High German: seneschalc, sëneschalt, seneschlant, scheneschlant",
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"1": "also possibly from Middle Latin"
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],
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Seneschall"
},
"expansion": "German: Seneschall",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: Seneschall"
}
],
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"form": "seneschal oblique singular or",
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"canonical",
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{
"form": "seneschaus",
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"form": "seneschax",
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"form": "seneschal",
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"english": "Yes, I remember it well.\nSenschal, do you know anything about it?",
"ref": "c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide",
"roman": "Seneschaus, savez vos an rien?",
"text": "\"Oïl, mout m'an sovient il bien.",
"type": "quotation"
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"word": "seneschalk"
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"Dutch nouns",
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"Dutch nouns with plural in -s"
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Frankish",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"5": "senior"
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},
{
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},
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "marshal"
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],
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"tags": [
"plural"
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"word": "bailiff"
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],
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"categories": [
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[
"particularly",
"particularly"
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[
"medieval",
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[
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[
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"estate"
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},
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[
"officer",
"officer"
],
[
"crown",
"crown"
],
[
"late",
"late"
],
[
"medieval",
"medieval"
],
[
"early modern",
"early modern"
],
[
"France",
"France"
],
[
"serve",
"serve"
],
[
"kind",
"kind"
],
[
"governor",
"governor"
],
[
"chief",
"chief"
],
[
"justice",
"justice"
],
[
"royal",
"royal"
],
[
"court",
"court"
],
[
"Normandy",
"Normandy"
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[
"Languedoc",
"Languedoc"
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],
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"historical"
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛnəʃəl/"
},
{
"enpr": "sĕnʹə-shəl"
}
],
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{
"sense": "steward",
"word": "steward"
},
{
"english": "dated or rare",
"word": "seneskal"
}
],
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{
"code": "axm",
"lang": "Middle Armenian",
"roman": "seneskal",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"word": "սենեսկալ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "senešál",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сенеша́л"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"word": "皇室總管"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"word": "皇室总管"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"word": "sénéchal"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"word": "seneshalo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dapifer"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"word": "seneschal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senescal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "senešálʹ",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сенеша́ль"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senescal"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"seneschal"
],
"word": "seneschal"
}
{
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"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
"Middle English terms derived from Frankish",
"Middle English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
"Middle English terms derived from Old French",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Household",
"enm:Occupations"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "seneschal"
},
"expansion": "English: seneschal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: seneschal"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "senescall",
"3": "seneschall"
},
"expansion": "Scots: senescall, seneschall",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Scots: senescall, seneschall (obsolete)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "fro",
"3": "seneschal"
},
"expansion": "Old French seneschal",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "siniscalcus"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "frk",
"3": "*siniskalk"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*siniskalkaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French seneschal, from Medieval Latin siniscalcus, from Frankish *siniskalk, from Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "seneschals",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "seneschal",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "seneschals"
},
"expansion": "seneschal (plural seneschals)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A steward in charge of a nobleman's estate."
],
"links": [
[
"steward",
"steward"
],
[
"in charge",
"in charge"
],
[
"nobleman",
"nobleman"
],
[
"estate",
"estate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A viceroy; one governing in place of a ruler."
],
"links": [
[
"viceroy",
"viceroy"
],
[
"ruler",
"ruler"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛnɛstʃal/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛniʃal/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛnitʃal/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛniskal/"
}
],
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{
"word": "seneschall"
},
{
"word": "senyschall"
},
{
"word": "senescal"
},
{
"word": "senescall"
},
{
"word": "synechall"
},
{
"word": "syneschall"
},
{
"word": "seneshal"
},
{
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English"
],
"word": "senesciall"
},
{
"word": "senceall"
},
{
"word": "sencial"
},
{
"word": "senciall"
}
],
"word": "seneschal"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "seneschal",
"3": "senechal"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: seneschal, senechal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: seneschal, senechal"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "sénéchal"
},
"expansion": "French: sénéchal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: sénéchal"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "axm",
"2": "սենեսկալ",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle Armenian: սենեսկալ (seneskal), սենէսկալ (senēskal), սենեսջալ (senesǰal), սինիջալ (siniǰal), սինէգալ (sinēgal)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle Armenian: սենեսկալ (seneskal), սենէսկալ (senēskal), սենեսջալ (senesǰal), սինիջալ (siniǰal), սինէգալ (sinēgal)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "seneschal",
"3": "seneschael",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: seneschal, seneschael",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle Dutch: seneschal, seneschael"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "seneschalk",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: seneschalk, seneschaal, seneschael, seneschalck; seneschal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: seneschalk, seneschaal, seneschael, seneschalck; seneschal"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "seneschal",
"3": "senescall",
"4": "seneschall",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle English: seneschal, senescall, seneschall",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle English: seneschal, senescall, seneschall"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "seneschal"
},
"expansion": "English: seneschal",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: seneschal"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "senescall",
"3": "seneschall"
},
"expansion": "Scots: senescall, seneschall",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Scots: senescall, seneschall (obsolete)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "seneschalc",
"3": "sëneschalt",
"4": "seneschlant",
"5": "scheneschlant",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle High German: seneschalc, sëneschalt, seneschlant, scheneschlant",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "also possibly from Middle Latin"
},
"expansion": "(also possibly from Middle Latin)",
"name": "i"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle High German: seneschalc, sëneschalt, seneschlant, scheneschlant (also possibly from Middle Latin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Seneschall"
},
"expansion": "German: Seneschall",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: Seneschall"
}
],
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{
"form": "seneschal oblique singular or",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "seneschaus",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seneschax",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seneschals",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seneschaus",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seneschax",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seneschals",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "seneschal",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "seneschal oblique singular, m (oblique plural seneschaus or seneschax or seneschals, nominative singular seneschaus or seneschax or seneschals, nominative plural seneschal)",
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}
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"lang_code": "fro",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Old French entries with incorrect language header",
"Old French entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Old French lemmas",
"Old French masculine nouns",
"Old French nouns",
"Old French terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"fro:Occupations"
],
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{
"english": "Yes, I remember it well.\nSenschal, do you know anything about it?",
"ref": "c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide",
"roman": "Seneschaus, savez vos an rien?",
"text": "\"Oïl, mout m'an sovient il bien.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"seneschal"
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[
"seneschal",
"seneschal#English"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "seneschall"
}
],
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}
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