majordomo

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈdəʊ.məʊ/    美 /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒɚˈdoʊ.moʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — 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.
  2. A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate. US
    — She called upon a Missouri cousin named Edward Hardy Clark, who became the indispensable majordomo of the Hearst estate.
  3. Any overseer, organizer, person in command. US
    — 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.

词形变化

majordomos plural major domo alternative major-domo alternative

词汇关系

近义词
seneschal

词源

From Italian maggiordomo and Spanish mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domūs (“steward”), from Latin maior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).
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