seneschal

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Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕnʹə-shəl IPA: /ˈsɛnəʃəl/

Noun

seneschal (plural seneschals)

1. A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
   • 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Chapter 35

     […] so the very keenest seneskal can't see no sign […]

2. (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.

Synonyms

• (steward) See steward

Translations

• French: sénéchal
• Portuguese: senescal
• Russian: сенеша́ль
• Spanish: senescal

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