majordomo
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
majordomo (plural majordomos)
- 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.
- (US, Southwest) A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate.
- (chiefly US) Any overseer, organizer, person in command.
- 2009, The Economic Times, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090618133610/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Developmental-Issues/Yvo-de-Boer-global-climate-butler/articleshow/4628270.cms 7 Jun 2009]:
- 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.
- 2009, The Economic Times, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090618133610/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Developmental-Issues/Yvo-de-Boer-global-climate-butler/articleshow/4628270.cms 7 Jun 2009]:
- French: majordome
- German: Majordomus, Hausmeier, Haushälter, Hausverwalter
- Italian: maggiordomo
- Portuguese: mordomo
- Russian: мажордо́м
- Spanish: mayordomo
- German: Gutsverwalter, Hausverwalter
- German: Aufseher, Verwalter, Geschäftsführer
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